2
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First Quarter Moon
at 19:29 UT. |
3
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Mercury 1.1° SSW of Beehive Cluster
(M44) at 6h UT (26° from Sun,
evening sky). |
3
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Earth at Aphelion
(farthest from Sun) at 20h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is
1.016644 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. |
3
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Moon near Spica
at 20h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica,
southern Argentina, southern Chile and Falkland Islands. •
Lunar occultation of Spica
(In-The-Sky)
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Mercury at easternmost elongation
at 5h UT (26° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.5.
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5
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Moon at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 404,627km; angular size
29.5'). |
5
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Venus 6.6° SE of the Pleiades
at 2h UT (43° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.1
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6
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Saturn 0.97° S of Neptune
at 7h UT (morning sky). Mags. 1.0 and 7.9. |
7
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Moon near Antares
at 16h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica,
western Australia, South Africa and Namibia. •
Lunar occultation of Antares
(In-The-Sky)
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10
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Full Moon
at 20:38 UT. |
13
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Venus 3.2° N of the Aldebaran
at 17h UT (43° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.1
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16
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Moon near Saturn
at 8h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9. |
18
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Last Quarter Moon
at 0:38 UT. |
20
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Moon near the Pleiades
at 12h UT (morning sky). |
20
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Moon at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 13:53 UT (distance 368,041km; angular size
32.5'). |
21
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Moon near Venus
at 19h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.0. |
22
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Moon near M35
Cluster at 17h UT (28° from Sun, morning sky).
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23
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Moon near Jupiter
at 6h UT (evening sky). Mag. −1.9. |
24
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New Moon
at 19:11 UT. Start of lunation 1269. |
24
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Pluto at opposition
at 21h UT. Mag. 14.4. |
26
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Moon near Regulus
at 22h UT (evening sky). |
28
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Moon near Mars
at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.6. |
31
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Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower
peaks. Active from July 12 to
August 23. Produces medium speed, faint meteors (about 15 to 20
per hour). Best seen from southern latitudes. •
Southern Delta Aquarids
(AMS)
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Moon near Spica
at 4h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica.
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31
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
with the Sun at 24h UT. The innermost planet passes into the
morning sky. |
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