Lunar Calendar Month July 2020 (United States)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Washington, District of Columbia, United States during July 2020.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phases	Dates	Time
full moon	2020-07-05	00:44
3rd quarter	2020-07-12	19:29
new moon	2020-07-20	13:33
1st quarter	2020-07-27	08:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during July 2020.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2020-07-12	15:28	404,200 km
Perigee	2020-07-25	00:55	368,366 km

Eclipses in July 2020

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during July 2020. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of United States.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
lunar eclipse	2020-07-05	149

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical Objects	Date and Time
Jupiter	2020-07-05 17:37
Saturn	2020-07-06 04:45
Mars	2020-07-11 15:36
Venus	2020-07-17 03:26

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of July 2020.

July 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 27	29Monday	30Tuesday	1Wednesday 80.3% illuminated Age:10.4	2Thursday 88.7% illuminated Age:11.5	3Friday 94.9% illuminated Age:12.6	4Saturday 98.7% illuminated Age:13.7	5Sunday 100% illuminated Age:14.7
Week 28	6Monday 98.9% illuminated Age:15.8	7Tuesday 95.5% illuminated Age:16.8	8Wednesday 90.3% illuminated Age:17.7	9Thursday 83.6% illuminated Age:18.7	10Friday 75.7% illuminated Age:19.6	11Saturday 66.9% illuminated Age:20.5	12Sunday 57.7% illuminated Age:21.4
Week 29	13Monday 48.3% illuminated Age:22.3	14Tuesday 38.9% illuminated Age:23.2	15Wednesday 29.8% illuminated Age:24.1	16Thursday 21.3% illuminated Age:25	17Friday 13.7% illuminated Age:26	18Saturday 7.5% illuminated Age:26.9	19Sunday 2.9% illuminated Age:27.9
Week 30	20Monday 0.4% illuminated Age:29	21Tuesday 0.2% illuminated Age:0.5	22Wednesday 2.7% illuminated Age:1.5	23Thursday 7.6% illuminated Age:2.6	24Friday 14.9% illuminated Age:3.7	25Saturday 24% illuminated Age:4.8	26Sunday 34.6% illuminated Age:5.9
Week 31	27Monday 45.9% illuminated Age:7	28Tuesday 57.3% illuminated Age:8.1	29Wednesday 68.2% illuminated Age:9.1	30Thursday 78.1% illuminated Age:10.2	31Friday 86.6% illuminated Age:11.2	1Saturday	2Sunday
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