July 2015 Sky
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- On July 1, 2015
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- Aphelion, Blue Moon, Full Moon, Jupiter, Pleiades, Pluto, Regulus, Saturn, Uranus, Venus
July 2015 Sky
| 1 | Venus 0.34° SW of Jupiter (42° from Sun, evening sky) at 3h UT. Mags. -4.4 and -1.8. Spectacular! Look to the west after sunset. • Venus aligns with Jupiter (Skymaps) |
| 2 | Full Moon at 2:20 UT. The first of two Full Moons this month. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 19h UT (367,093 km; angular size 32.6′). |
| 6 | Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 20h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016682 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) • Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 8 | Last Quarter Moon at 20:24 UT. |
| 9 | Moon very near Uranus (86° from Sun, morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. +5.9. |
| 12 | Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 0h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Venus at its brightest at 5h UT. Mag. -4.5. |
| 12 | Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 18h UT. |
| 14 | Pluto Flyby: NASA’s New Horizons probe will flyby Pluto and its five moons at 11:50 UT. Follow the encounter athttp://pluto.jhuapl.edu |
| 16 | New Moon at 1:24 UT. Start of lunation 1145. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Venus, Jupiter and Regulus within a circle of diameter 5.6° (34° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. Mags. -4.5, -1.7, and +1.3. |
| 18 | Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 15h UT. |
| 18 | Moon, Venus and Jupiter within a circle of diameter 5.9° (31° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mags. -4.5 & -1.7. Regulus is nearby. |
| 19 | Moon very near Venus (34° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. -4.5. Spectacular! Visible worldwide. Occultation visible from the South Pacific Ocean. |
| 19 | Moon, Venus and Regulus within a circle of diameter 3.2° (34° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. |
| 21 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 11h UT (distance 404,836 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 23 | Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 14h UT. |
| 24 | First Quarter Moon at 4:04 UT. |
| 26 | Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 7h UT. Mag. +0.4. |
| 31 | Full Moon at 10:43 UT. A second Full Moon in a calendar month is sometimes called a “Blue Moon”. • Blue Moon (Wikipedia) |
| July 2015 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT – 4 hours. | |
