July 2024 Sky
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- On July 7, 2024
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Aquarid meteor shower, Beehive cluster M44, Dwarf planet Ceres, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Pluto, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Uranus
July 2024 Sky
| 1 | Moon near Mars at 17h UT (54° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.0. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 2 | Moon near Uranus at 9h UT (45° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 5.8. • Uranus (Wikipedia) |
| 2 | Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (41° from Sun, morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | Moon near Jupiter at 7h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.0. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 6h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016725 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) |
| 5 | Dwarf planet 1 Ceres at opposition at 15h UT. Mag. 7.3. • Ceres (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | New Moon at 22:58 UT. Start of lunation 1256. |
| 7 | Mercury 0.11° NNE of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 5h UT (22° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.2. |
| 7 | Moon, Mercury and Beehive cluster (M44) within circle 3.2° diameter at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. −0.2. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 7 | Moon near Mercury at 21h UT (23° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. -0.2. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 9 | Moon near Regulus at 15h UT (evening sky). • Regulus |
| 9 | Jupiter 4.8° N of Aldebaran at 23h UT (38° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −2.0 and 0.9. |
| 12 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance 404,362km; angular size 29.6′). |
| 13 | First Quarter Moon at 22:49 UT. |
| 14 | Moon near Spica at 4h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from North and Central America. • Spica (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Spica (In-The-Sky) |
| 15 | Mars 0.53° SE of Uranus at 15h UT (57° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 0.9 and 5.8. |
| 17 | Moon near Antares at 21h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Southern Africa and Madagascar. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky) |
| 21 | Full Moon at 10:19 UT. |
| 21 | Mars 4.8° SE of the Pleiades at 12h UT (59° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.9 |
| 22 | Mercury at greatest elongation east at 7h UT (27° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.5. |
| 22 | Pluto at opposition at 21h UT. Mag. 14.4. Requires at least a 10-inch telescope and a very dark sky to observe visually. • Pluto (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5:44 UT (distance 364,917km; angular size 32.7′). |
| 24 | Moon near Saturn at 21h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9. Occultation visible from SE Asia, India and Madagascar. • Saturn (Wikipedia) • Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA) • Occultation of Saturn (In-The-Sky) |
| 25 | Mercury 2.1° SW of Regulus at 11h UT (27° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 1.4 |
| 28 | Last Quarter Moon at 2:53 UT. |
| 29 | Moon near the Pleiades at 23h UT (67° from Sun, morning sky). |
| 30 | Moon near Mars at 9h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9. |
| 30 | Moon near the Jupiter at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.1. |
| 31 | 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 Aquariids (Wikipedia) • AMS Meteor Shower Calendar 2024-2025 (IMO) |
July 2024 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).
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