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Moon near Venus (12° from Sun, morning sky) at 23h UT. Mag. −3.9.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 19:16 UT. Start of lunation 1194.
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Total Solar Eclipse from 18:01 to 20:45 UT, greatest eclipse at 19:23 UT (duration 4m 33s). Totality visible along narrow path across south Pacific, Chile and Argentina. Partial eclipse in parts of South America.
• Total Solar Eclipse of 2019 July 2 (GIF) (NASA)
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Moon near Mars (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. 1.8.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mercury (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. 1.5.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 23h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016754 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 4:16 UT (363,726 km; angular size 32.9').
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Mercury 0.2° ENE of Mars (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 23h UT. Mags. 1.7 and 1.8.
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 5h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 10:55 UT.
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Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 17h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at Mag. +0.1. Saturn's rings are spectacular even in a small telescope.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
• Opposition (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 0h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 11h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −2.5.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.1.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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16
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Full Moon at 21:38 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Partial Eclipse of the Moon from 20:02 to 23:00 UT, mid-eclipse at 21:31 UT. Visible from S. America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
• NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA)
• Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2019 July 16 (PDF) (NASA)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,481 km; angular size 29.5').
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 12h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky.
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Last Quarter Moon at 1:19 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 8h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 1h UT.
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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