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New Moon at 8:53 UT. Start of lunation 1095.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mercury (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 23h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 9h UT.
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 15h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.01674 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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Mars 5.4° N of Aldebaran (33° from Sun, morning sky) at 0h UT. Mags. +1.4 and +0.8.
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 1h UT.
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Mercury crossing center of Beehive cluster (23° from Sun, evening sky) at 23h UT. Mag. -0.1.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 14h UT (369,570 km; 32.3').
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 23h UT. Mag. +0.9.
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First Quarter Moon at 6:29 UT.
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 22h UT.
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Neptune completes first orbit since discovery.
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 2h UT.
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Full Moon at 6:38 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 27° east from Sun (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. +0.5.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 23h UT (distance 404,355 km; angular size 29.6').
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Last Quarter Moon at 5:03 UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. -2.4.
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Moon near the Pleiades (62° from Sun, morning sky) at 18h UT.
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Moon near Mars (38° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. +1.4. Occultation visible from Tahiti.
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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.
• The Delta Aquarids (Gary Kronk)
• The Delta Aquarids (Southern) (IMO)
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New Moon at 18:39 UT. Start of lunation 1096.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Daylight Time = UT - 4 hours.
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