July 2022 Sky
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- On July 2, 2022
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Aphelion, Beehive cluster M44, Jupiter, M35 star cluster, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Pluto, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Uranus, Venus
July 2022 Sky
| 1 | Venus 4.1° N of Aldebaran at 10h UT (30° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −3.9 and 0.9. |
| 1 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 17h UT (evening sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 3 | Moon near Regulus at 14h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 7h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016715 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) • Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 7 | First Quarter Moon at 2:14 UT. |
| 7 | Moon near Spica at 20h UT (evening sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 11 | Moon near Antares at 2h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 9:04 UT (distance 357,264km; angular size 33.4′). |
| 13 | Full Moon at 18:37 UT. |
| 15 | Moon near Saturn at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.5. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. |
| 19 | Moon near Jupiter at 4h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.6. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Pluto at opposition at 17h UT. Mag 14.3. • Pluto (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Last Quarter Moon at 14:18 UT. |
| 21 | Moon near Mars at 17h UT (78° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. Occultation visible from NW Asia and Japan. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 22 | Moon near Uranus at 7h UT (71° from Sun, morning sky). Occultation visible from E South America and NW Africa. Mag. 5.8. • Uranus (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | Moon near the Pleiades at 7h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | Moon near Aldebaran at 1h UT (morning sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 25 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 23h UT (31° from Sun, morning sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia) |
| 26 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 406,275km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 26 | Moon near Venus at 15h UT (morning sky). Mag. −3.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 28 | New Moon at 17:54 UT. Start of lunation 1232. |
| 30 | Moon near Mercury at 1h UT (14° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.7. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 30 | Moon near Regulus at 19h UT (evening sky). |
| July 2022 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
