A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for July 2016:
Phenomena July
| 1 | Moon is at perigee 365,981 km or 227,410 miles from Earth (6:32 UT) |
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| 2 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from SE Europe, South Russia, China, Japan (4:20 UT) |
| 2 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.308 AU (approx. 46.1 million kms or 28.6 million miles) from the Sun (16 UT) |
| 4 | New Moon (11:02 UT) |
| 4 | Earth is at aphelion 1.017 AU (approx. 152.1 million km or 94.5 million miles) from the Sun (16:24 UT) |
| 7 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (3 UT) |
| 7 | Dwarf planet Pluto mag +14.1 is at opposition in Sagittarius at 32.114 AU (approx. 4804 million kms or 2985 million miles) from Earth (22 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (0 UT) |
| 9 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8, occultation is visible from southern tip Africa (10:11 UT) |
| 11 | Venus is at perihelion 0.718 AU (approx. 107 million kilometres or 66.7 million miles) from the Sun (2 UT) |
| 12 | First quarter Moon (0:52 UT) |
| 12 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (5 UT) |
| 13 | Moon is at apogee 404,274 km or 251,204 miles from Earth (5:22 UT) |
| 14 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Mars mag -1.1 (18 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (2 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.2 (5 UT) |
| 16 | Mercury mag -1.1 passes 0.5 degrees north of Venus mag -3.9 (17:41 UT) |
| 19 | Full Moon (22:57 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 1.1 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.8, occultation is visible from central and eastern North America (5:36 UT) |
| 26 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.8 (4:30 UT) |
| 26 | Last quarter Moon (23:00 UT) |
| 27 | Moon is at perigee 369,661 km or 229,697 miles from Earth (11:34 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from southern Europe, eastern USA (11:17 UT) |
| 29 | Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 16 (15 UT) |
| 30 | Uranus mag +5.8 is stationary in Pisces, afterwards begins retrograde motion (2 UT) |
| 30 | Mercury mag -0.2 passes 0.3 degrees north of Regulus mag +1.4 (17 UT) |