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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23h UT (distance 357,448 km; angular size 33.5').
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Full Moon at 11:09 UT. The full Moon of July is called the "Thunder Moon" or "Hay Moon". Occurs twice this month.
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Venus near Aldebaran at 6h UT (34° from Sun, morning sky). Magnitudes -4.5 and +0.9.
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Mars very near the Beehive cluster at 8h UT (24° from Sun, evening sky). Magnitude +1.8.
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Mercury passes through the Beehive cluster at 21h UT (20° from Sun, evening sky). Magnitude Ð0.3.
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Last Quarter Moon at 7:34 UT.
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Mercury 0.16° from Mars at 0h UT (22° from Sun, evening sky). Magnitudes Ð0.2 and +1.8. This is the closest pass of two planets this year.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 20h UT (morning sky).
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Venus at its brightest at 6h UT (morning sky). Magnitude -4.5.
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Moon at apogee (furthest from Earth) at 21h UT (distance 406,192 km; angular size 29.4').
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New Moon at 11:24 UT. Beginning of lunation 1009.
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19
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Moon near Mars at 4h UT (evening sky).
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19
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Moon near Mercury at 15h UT (evening sky).
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20
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35th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing.
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21
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Moon near Jupiter at 16h UT (evening sky).
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24
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Moon near Spica at 13h UT (evening sky).
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25
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First Quarter Moon at 3:37 UT.
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Mercury 1.3° from Regulus at 6h UT (27° from Sun, evening sky). Magnitudes +0.4 and +1.3.
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 26° east from the Sun (evening sky) at 3h UT. Mercury (mag. +0.5) visible very, very low in the west about 40 minutes after sunset.
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Moon near Antares at 20h UT (evening sky).
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 6h UT (distance 360,323 km; angular size 33.2').
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Full Moon at 18:05 UT. The second full Moon, known as a "Blue Moon".
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All times Universal Time (UT). (USA Eastern Summer Time = UT 4 hours)
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