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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for July 2013:

Phenomena July

DayEvent
2Dwarf planet Pluto mag 14.0 is at opposition in Sagittarius
5Earth is at aphelion 1.017 AU (approx. 152.1 million km or 94.5 million miles) from the Sun (15 UT)
6Moon passes 4 degrees south of Mars mag 1.5 (12 UT)
7Moon is at apogee 406,437 km (00:50 UT)
8New Moon (7:15)
9Saturn mag 0.5 is stationary in Virgo (4 UT)
9Mercury is at inferior conjunction (19 UT)
10Asteroid (387) Aquitania mag 9.7 is at opposition in Aquila
10Moon passes 7 degrees south of Venus mag -3.9 (23 UT)
12Moon passes 6 degrees south of Regulus mag 1.4 (2 UT)
13Asteroid (5) Astraea mag 10.9 is at opposition in Sagittarius
16First quarter Moon (3:19 UT)
16Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0, occultation is visible from Hawaii, South Central America, NW South America (4 UT)
17Moon passes 3 degrees south of Saturn mag 0.6 (1 UT)
18Uranus mag 5.8 is stationary in Pisces (20 UT)
19Moon passes 7 degrees north of Antares mag 1.0 (8 UT)
20Mercury mag 2.3 is stationary in Gemini (14 UT)
20Asteroid (8) Flora mag 8.7 is at opposition in Sagittarius
21Moon is at perigee 358,398 km (20:29 UT)
22Venus mag -3.9 passes 1.2 degrees north of Regulus mag 1.4 (5 UT)
22Mars mag 1.6 passes 0.8 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.9 (6 UT)
22Full Moon (18:16 UT)
25Moon passes 6 degrees north of Neptune mag 7.8 (6 UT)
27Moon passes 3 degrees north of Uranus mag 5.8 (22 UT)
29Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 16
29Last quarter Moon (17:44 UT)
30Mercury mag 0.1 is at greatest elongation west 20 degrees (9 UT)