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First Quarter Moon at 19:29 UT.
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Mercury 1.1° SSW of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 6h UT (26° from Sun, evening sky).
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 20h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016644 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
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Moon near Spica at 20h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica, southern Argentina, southern Chile and Falkland Islands.
• Lunar occultation of Spica (In-The-Sky)
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Mercury at easternmost elongation at 5h UT (26° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.5.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 404,627km; angular size 29.5').
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Venus 6.6° SE of the Pleiades at 2h UT (43° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.1
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Saturn 0.97° S of Neptune at 7h UT (morning sky). Mags. 1.0 and 7.9.
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Moon near Antares at 16h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica, western Australia, South Africa and Namibia.
• Lunar occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky)
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Full Moon at 20:38 UT.
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Venus 3.2° N of the Aldebaran at 17h UT (43° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.1
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Moon near Saturn at 8h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9.
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Last Quarter Moon at 0:38 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (morning sky).
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 13:53 UT (distance 368,041km; angular size 32.5').
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Moon near Venus at 19h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.0.
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Moon near M35 Cluster at 17h UT (28° from Sun, morning sky).
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Moon near Jupiter at 6h UT (evening sky). Mag. −1.9.
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New Moon at 19:11 UT. Start of lunation 1269.
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Pluto at opposition at 21h UT. Mag. 14.4.
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Moon near Regulus at 22h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Mars at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.6.
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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.
• Southern Delta Aquarids (AMS)
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Moon near Spica at 4h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 24h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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