The phases of the Moon in July 2025.
The images below show the day-by-day phases of the Moon in July. The Full Moon this month was on Thursday, July 10.
Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time.
The moonrise and moonset schedule this week
The following is adapted from Alison Klesman’s The Sky This Week column. Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location.
Friday, July 18
Early this morning the Last Quarter Moon straddles the border of Pisces and Aries.
Sunrise: 5:47 A.M.
Sunset: 8:25 P.M.
Moonrise: 12:08 A.M.
Moonset: 2:25 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (42%)
Saturday, July 19
Sunrise: 5:48 A.M.
Sunset: 8:25 P.M.
Moonrise: 12:38 A.M.
Moonset: 3:42 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (31%)
Sunday, July 20
The Moon passes in front of several stars in the Pleiades cluster in an occultation, best seen from North and Central America. Both the view and its timing are heavily location dependent — you can check this International Occultation Timing Association’s page to find when Electra (17 Tauri), the first star to vanish behind the lunar limb, will vanish from your observing site.
In the Midwest, the Moon rises in the northeast around 1:15 A.M. CDT (note this time is also location dependent) and 4th-magnitude Electra disappears around 3:30 A.M. CDT. It reappears about an hour later — the reappearance will be easier to catch than the disappearance, as it occurs at the darker, shadowed limb of the Moon. This means Electra will pop into view from darkness rather than disappearing behind the bright limb, where poor contrast will make the proceedings a bit more difficult to watch.
The Moon continues through the Pleiades as dawn breaks, so which stars you will see disappear or reappear depends on your location and when the sky grows too light to follow the event. Observers along the U.S. West Coast may be able to catch the reappearance of 3rd-magnitude Alcyone (Eta [η] Tau) in the eastern portion of the cluster. (The IOTA timing page for this star is here.)
Later this morning, the Moon will pass 5° due north of Uranus at 9 A.M. EDT.
The Moon also reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 9:55 A.M. EDT this morning. At that time, our satellite will sit just 228,690 miles (368,041 km) away.
Sunrise: 5:48 A.M.
Sunset: 8:24 P.M.
Moonrise: 1:15 A.M.
Moonset: 4:59 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (21%)
Monday, July 21
The waning crescent Moon passes 7° north of Venus at 3 P.M. EDT in the daytime sky.
Sunrise: 5:49 A.M.
Sunset: 8:23 P.M.
Moonrise: 2:02 A.M.
Moonset: 6:11 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (12%)
Tuesday, July 22
The Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter at midnight EDT.
Sunrise: 5:50 A.M.
Sunset: 8:23 P.M.
Moonrise: 2:59 A.M.
Moonset: 7:13 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (6%)
Wednesday, July 23
The Moon and Jupiter rise together this morning in Gemini the Twins. The pair is about 3° high in the northeast an hour and a half before sunrise, forming an elongated triangle with 3rd-magnitude Epsilon (ε) Geminorum between and slightly above them.
The Moon is a delicate crescent that is just 3 percent illuminated, with Jupiter standing to its right and shining at magnitude –1.9. Farther to the Moon’s left is magnitude 1.6 Castor, Gemini’s alpha star.
Sunrise: 5:51 A.M.
Sunset: 8:22 P.M.
Moonrise: 4:07 A.M.
Moonset: 8:04 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (2%)
Thursday, July 24
New Moon occurs at 3:11 P.M. EDT.
Sunrise: 5:52 A.M.
Sunset: 8:21P.M.
Moonrise: 5:20 A.M.
Moonset: 8:44 P.M.
Moon Phase: New
Friday, July 25
Sunrise: 5:53 A.M.
Sunset: 8:20 P.M.
Moonrise: 6:34 A.M.
Moonset: 9:16 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waxing crescent (2%)
The following is adapted from Alison Klesman’s The Sky This Week column. Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location.
Friday, July 18
Early this morning the Last Quarter Moon straddles the border of Pisces and Aries.
Sunrise: 5:47 A.M.
Sunset: 8:25 P.M.
Moonrise: 12:08 A.M.
Moonset: 2:25 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (42%)
Saturday, July 19
Sunrise: 5:48 A.M.
Sunset: 8:25 P.M.
Moonrise: 12:38 A.M.
Moonset: 3:42 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (31%)
Sunday, July 20
The Moon passes in front of several stars in the Pleiades cluster in an occultation, best seen from North and Central America. Both the view and its timing are heavily location dependent — you can check this International Occultation Timing Association’s page to find when Electra (17 Tauri), the first star to vanish behind the lunar limb, will vanish from your observing site.
In the Midwest, the Moon rises in the northeast around 1:15 A.M. CDT (note this time is also location dependent) and 4th-magnitude Electra disappears around 3:30 A.M. CDT. It reappears about an hour later — the reappearance will be easier to catch than the disappearance, as it occurs at the darker, shadowed limb of the Moon. This means Electra will pop into view from darkness rather than disappearing behind the bright limb, where poor contrast will make the proceedings a bit more difficult to watch.
The Moon continues through the Pleiades as dawn breaks, so which stars you will see disappear or reappear depends on your location and when the sky grows too light to follow the event. Observers along the U.S. West Coast may be able to catch the reappearance of 3rd-magnitude Alcyone (Eta [η] Tau) in the eastern portion of the cluster. (The IOTA timing page for this star is here.)
Later this morning, the Moon will pass 5° due north of Uranus at 9 A.M. EDT.
The Moon also reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 9:55 A.M. EDT this morning. At that time, our satellite will sit just 228,690 miles (368,041 km) away.
Sunrise: 5:48 A.M.
Sunset: 8:24 P.M.
Moonrise: 1:15 A.M.
Moonset: 4:59 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (21%)
Monday, July 21
The waning crescent Moon passes 7° north of Venus at 3 P.M. EDT in the daytime sky.
Sunrise: 5:49 A.M.
Sunset: 8:23 P.M.
Moonrise: 2:02 A.M.
Moonset: 6:11 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (12%)
Tuesday, July 22
The Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter at midnight EDT.
Sunrise: 5:50 A.M.
Sunset: 8:23 P.M.
Moonrise: 2:59 A.M.
Moonset: 7:13 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (6%)
Wednesday, July 23
The Moon and Jupiter rise together this morning in Gemini the Twins. The pair is about 3° high in the northeast an hour and a half before sunrise, forming an elongated triangle with 3rd-magnitude Epsilon (ε) Geminorum between and slightly above them.
The Moon is a delicate crescent that is just 3 percent illuminated, with Jupiter standing to its right and shining at magnitude –1.9. Farther to the Moon’s left is magnitude 1.6 Castor, Gemini’s alpha star.
Sunrise: 5:51 A.M.
Sunset: 8:22 P.M.
Moonrise: 4:07 A.M.
Moonset: 8:04 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent (2%)
Thursday, July 24
New Moon occurs at 3:11 P.M. EDT.
Sunrise: 5:52 A.M.
Sunset: 8:21P.M.
Moonrise: 5:20 A.M.
Moonset: 8:44 P.M.
Moon Phase: New
Friday, July 25
Sunrise: 5:53 A.M.
Sunset: 8:20 P.M.
Moonrise: 6:34 A.M.
Moonset: 9:16 P.M.
Moon Phase: Waxing crescent (2%)
Comments
Post a Comment