|
1
|
Mars 0.67° from Regulus at 15h UT (50° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. +1.6 and +1.3. Closest a planet gets to a Mag. 1 star all year.
|
|
1
|
Mercury at greatest elongation, 22° west from Sun (morning sky) at 18h UT. Mag. +0.5. Look low in the east-northeast about 30 minutes before sunrise.
|
|
1
|
Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21h UT (359,513 km; 33.2').
|
|
3
|
New Moon at 2:19 UT. Start of lunation 1058.
|
|
4
|
Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 8h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.01675 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
|
|
4
|
Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) at 21h UT (24° from Sun, evening sky).
• Messier 44 (Wikipedia)
|
|
6
|
Moon near Regulus at 11h UT (evening sky).
|
|
6
|
Moon near Mars at 16h UT (evening sky). Mag. +1.7.
|
|
6
|
Moon near Saturn at 20h UT (evening sky). Mag. +0.8.
|
|
9
|
Jupiter at opposition at 8h UT (mag. -2.7). The best time to observe the largest planet in the solar system.
|
|
10
|
First Quarter Moon at 4:35 UT.
|
|
10
|
Moon near Spica at 16h UT (evening sky).
|
|
10
|
Mars 0.64° from Saturn at 16h UT (47° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. +1.7 and +0.8.
|
|
14
|
Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 4h UT (distance 405,452 km; angular size 29.5').
|
|
14
|
Moon very near Antares at 12h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Southern Australia and New Zealand.
• Occultation of Antares (IOTA)
|
|
17
|
Moon near Jupiter at 14h UT (midnight sky). Mag. -2.7.
|
|
18
|
Full Moon at 7:59 UT. The full Moon of July is called the "Thunder Moon" or "Hay Moon".
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
|
|
25
|
Last Quarter Moon at 18:42 UT.
|
|
27
|
Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
|
|
29
|
Mercury at superior conjunction at 20h UT (not visible). Passes into the evening sky.
• Superior Conjunction (Wikipedia)
|
|
29
|
Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23h UT (363,883 km; 32.8').
|
|
All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
|
Back | Next 
