July 2020 Sky
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- On July 1, 2020
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Castor, Earth at Aphelion, Jupiter, Lunar Eclipse, Mars, Mercury, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Venus
July 2020 Sky
| 1 | Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 3h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. |
| 2 | Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 20h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 12h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016694 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) • Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 5 | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse from 3:07 to 5:52 UT, with mid-eclipse at 4:30 UT. Best seen at mid-eclipse. Visible from the Americas, SW Europe and Africa. • NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA) • Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2020 July 05 (PDF) (NASA) |
| 5 | Full Moon at 4:44 UT. |
| 5 | Moon near Jupiter (midnight sky) at 23h UT. Mag. −2.7. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 6 | Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 10h UT. Mag. 0.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 8 | Venus at its brightest at 12h UT. Mag. −4.5. |
| 11 | Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −0.7. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Venus 0.95° N of Aldebaran (40° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. Mags. −4.5 and 0.9. |
| 12 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 404,199 km; angular size 29.6′). |
| 12 | Last Quarter Moon at 23:30 UT. |
| 14 | Jupiter at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 8h UT. Best time to observe the largest planet in the solar system. Mag. −2.8. • Opposition (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Moon near the Pleiades at 8h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 17 | Moon, Venus and Aldebaran within a circle of diam. 4.1° (morning sky) at 2h UT. Mags. −4.5 and 0.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Moon near Mercury (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. 0.9. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 6h UT. |
| 20 | Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 10h UT. |
| 20 | New Moon at 17:32 UT. Start of lunation 1207. |
| 20 | Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 22h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at mag. +0.1. Saturn’s rings are spectacular even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia) |
| 22 | Mercury at greatest elongation west (20° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. 0.3. |
| 23 | Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 0h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 25 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5:05 UT (distance 368,361 km; angular size 32.4′). |
| 26 | Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 19h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | First Quarter Moon at 12:33 UT. |
| 30 | Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 3h UT. |
| July 2020 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
