July 2023 Sky
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- Antares, Jupiter, M35 star cluster, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Pluto, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Venus
July 2023 Sky
| 1 | Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 5h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. |
| 1 | Venus 3.6° W of Mars at 8h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.7. |
| 1 | Moon near Antares at 9h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | Full Moon at 11:39 UT. |
| 4 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:31 UT (distance 360,149km; angular size 33.2′). |
| 6 | Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 20h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016681 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) |
| 7 | Moon near Saturn at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.8. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 9 | Venus at its brightest at 18h UT. Mag. −4.5. |
| 10 | Last Quarter Moon at 1:48 UT. |
| 10 | Venus, Mars and Regulus within circle 4.7° diameter at 7h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5, 1.7 and 1.4. |
| 10 | Mars 0.6° NNE of Regulus at 18h UT (42° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.7 and 1.4. |
| 11 | Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.3. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon near Pleiades at 9h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 15 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 22h UT (21° from Sun, morning sky). |
| 16 | Venus 3.5° WSW of Regulus at 18h UT (35° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.4. |
| 17 | New Moon at 18:32 UT. Start of lunation 1244. |
| 19 | Moon near Mercury at 12h UT (evening sky). Mag. −0.4. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 7h UT (distance 406,289km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 20 | Moon near Venus at 15h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.4. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon near Regulus at 19h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 21 | Moon near Mars at 8h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 21 | Pluto at opposition at 19h UT. Mag. 14.4. Requires at least a 10-inch telescope and a very dark sky to view. |
| 25 | Moon near Spica at 7h UT (evening sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 25 | First Quarter Moon at 22:07 UT. |
| 27 | Venus, Mercury and Regulus within circle 5.3° diameter at 8h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.3, −0.1 and 1.4. |
| 27 | Mercury 5.1° NNE of Venus at 12h UT (evening sky). Mags. −0.1 and −4.3. |
| 28 | Moon near Antares at 19h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 29 | Mercury 0.1° S of Regulus at 1h UT (evening sky). Mags. 0.0 and 1.4. |
| July 2023 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
