A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for July 2015:
Phenomena July
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Venus mag -4.6 passes 0.4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (14 UT) |
| 2 | Full Moon (2:20 UT) |
| 5 | Comet PanSTARRS (C/2014 Q1) reaches perihelion |
| 5 | Moon is at perigee 367,090 km or 228,099 miles from Earth (19:00 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (8 UT) |
| 6 | Dwarf planet Pluto mag +14.1 is at opposition in Sagittarius at 31.887 AU (approx. 4770 million kms or 2964 million miles) from Earth (16 UT) |
| 6 | Earth is at aphelion 1.017 AU (approx. 152.1 million km or 94.5 million miles) from the Sun (20 UT) |
| 8 | Last quarter Moon (20:24 UT) |
| 9 | Moon passes 0.8 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.8, occultation is visible from Western Australia, Southern Indian Ocean (2:47 UT) |
| 10 | Venus is at its greatest illumination mag -4.7 (4 UT) |
| 11 | Asteroid (135) Hertha mag +9.9 is at opposition in Sagittarius |
| 12 | Moon passes 1 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from Northern Japan, Eastern Russia, Northern Canada and Iceland (18 UT) |
| 13 | Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reaches perihelion |
| 14 | New Horizons space probe arrives at Pluto |
| 15 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mercury mag -1.4 (6 UT) |
| 15 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mars mag +1.6 (9 UT) |
| 16 | New Moon (1:25) |
| 16 | Mercury mag -1.5 passes 0.1 degrees south of Mars mag +1.6 (4 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (6 UT) |
| 16 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kms or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun (19 UT) |
| 18 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (17 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Venus mag -4.7, occultation is visible from Northeastern Australia, French Polynesia (1:07 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (3 UT) |
| 20 | Mercury mag -1.9 passes 5 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (21 UT) |
| 21 | Moon is at apogee 404,837 km or 251,554 miles from Earth (11:07 UT) |
| 23 | Venus mag -4.6 is stationary in Leo, afterwards begins retrograde motion (6 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (11 UT) |
| 23 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (12 UT) |
| 24 | First quarter Moon (4:05 UT) |
| 25 | Ceres mag +7.5 is at opposition in Sagittarius at 1.94 AU (approx. 290.2 million kms or 180.3 million miles) from Earth (8 UT) |
| 26 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.3 (8 UT) |
| 26 | Uranus mag +5.8 is stationary in Pisces, afterwards begins retrograde motion (12 UT) |
| 27 | Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (4 UT) |
| 29 | Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 16 (15 UT) |
| 30 | Asteroid (68) Leto mag +9.8 is at opposition in Microscopium |
| 31 | Full Moon (10:43 UT) |
| 31 | Mars mag +1.7 passes 6 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (11 UT) |
| 31 | Venus mag -4.5 passes 6.4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.7 (20 UT) |