A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for July 2017:
Phenomena July
Day | Event |
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1 | First quarter Moon (00:52 UT) |
1 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Jupiter mag -2.1 (8 UT) |
2 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (0 UT) |
3 | Earth is at aphelion 1.017 AU (approx. 152.1 million km or 94.5 million miles) from the Sun (20:11 UT) |
5 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (22 UT) |
6 | Moon is at apogee 405,932 km or 252,234 miles from Earth (4:18 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.1 (3 UT) |
9 | Full Moon (4:07 UT) |
10 | Dwarf planet Pluto mag +14.2 is at opposition in Sagittarius at 32.347 AU (approx. 4839 million kms or 3007 million miles) from Earth (5 UT) |
13 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees south of Neptune mag +7.9 (18 UT) |
14 | Venus mag. -4.1 passes 3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (11 UT) |
16 | Last quarter Moon (19:26 UT) |
17 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.8 (0 UT) |
20 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from SW Asia (00:01 UT) |
20 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Venus mag -4.0 (11 UT) |
21 | Moon is at perigee 361,236 km or 224,462 miles from Earth (17:05 UT) |
23 | New Moon (9:46 UT) |
25 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees north of Mercury mag +0.1, occultation is visible from UK, Greenland, Iceland (8:49 UT) |
25 | Moon passes 0.1 degrees north of Regulus mag +1.4, occultation is visible from western Indonesia (10:37 UT) |
27 | Mars is in conjunction with the Sun (1 UT) |
28 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.9 (21 UT) |
29 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (8 UT) |
29 | Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 16 (15 UT) |
30 | Mercury mag +0.3 is at greatest elongation east 27.2 degrees (5 UT) |
30 | First quarter Moon (15:24 UT) |