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.Events Seen All Month Long .Ephemerides Proper
(data from the former yearly ephemerides generator at Fred Espenak's NASA's eclipse website; miscellaneous data with the 'Astronomical Phenomena for The Year 2017,' a joint work by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and the U.S. Naval Observatory; to be found at the latter's site; all time UT except otherwise stated)
Wwd A curiosity, the Ariétides shooting stars active late May-early July as they are daytime meteors! more
Wwd A part of the Great Winter Sky bright stars are ornating the eastern sky by dawn in the northern hemisphere, the Tropics and the southern hemisphere. Moon may also come in the field
1 Wwd A curiosity, the Ariétides shooting stars active late May-early July as they are daytime meteors! more
2 (1) Wwd The second solar eclipse in 2019 is occurring today, a total solar eclipse occurring on July 2nd, 2019. check more
2 (2) Wwd Moon reaches a northernmost declination at 22:02 UT
3 Wwd Moon is at a ascending node at 06:53 UT
4 (1) Wwd Earth, like each year by about this date, is at is aphelion today (by 18:59 UT in 2019). The Earth is at its furthest from the Sun as it paradoxically is the beginning of the warmest days in the northern hemisphere. check more details about the aphelion-perihelion concepts with our tutorial Seasons
4 (2) Wwd There is a occultation of Mars today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
5 (1) UsA EuA First crescent, by all latitudes, is closed to Regulus, the bright star to constellation Leo, the Lion tonight as the show is beginning since in twilight!
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5 (2) Wwd Moon is at its perigee at 04:54 UT (distances non available)
6 AsP First crescent, by all latitudes, is closed to Regulus, the bright star to constellation Leo, the Lion tonight as the show is beginning since in twilight!
9 Wwd First Quarter, at all latitudes, is close to Spica tonight, the bright star to constellation Virgo, the Virgin
12 (1) Wwd Waxing gibbous Moon, at all latitudes, is in the arch of stars atop Antares tonight, the bright star to constellation Scorpius, the Scorpion
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12 (2) Wwd The Southern Delta Aquarids are usually active Jul. 12-Aug. 19 with their peak usually on Jul. 27-28 more at the date of the peak
13 Wwd Waxing gibbous Moon, by all latitudes, is close to Jupiter tonight!
15 (1) UsA EuA Moon, by all latitudes, one day before full, is close to Saturn tonight!
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15 (2) Wwd Moon reaches a southernmost declination at 22:49 UT
16 (1) Wwd The second and last lunar eclipse in 2019 is occurring today, a partial lunar eclipse, the partial lunar eclipse of July 16th, 2019. check more
16 (2) AsP Full Moon, by all latitudes, is close to Saturn tonight!
16 (3) Wwd Moon is at a descending node at 09:05 UT
16 (4) Wwd There is a occultation of Saturn today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
16 (5) Wwd There is a occultation of Pluto today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
17 Wwd The Perseids, one of the most important meteor showers of the year, are usually active Jul. 17-Aug. 24 with their peak usually next month on Aug. 11-12. Perseids are one of the year's most important meteor shower. more
21 Wwd Moon is at its apogee at 00:01 UT (distances non available)
27 (1) Wwd Tomorrow morning by dawn, by all latitudes, last quartered Moon is seen close to Aldebaran, the bright star to constellation Taurus, the Bull as other bright stars of the northern hemisphere's Great Winter Sky are also seen. In the USA-Americas area, the show may be better said seen the morning before for the Tropics and the southern hemisphere of the zone
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27 (2) Wwd The Southern Delta Aquarids are usually peaking on Jul. 27-28. more
30 Wwd Moon is at a ascending node at 17:02 UT as it also reaches a northernmost declination at 08:10 UT
Occultations observers are advised to turn to such dedicated sites like the I.O.T.A as they may also check below at our Occultation section
New Moon is on July 2nd, at 19:16 UT
First Quarter is on July 9th, at 10:55 UT
Full Moon is on July 16th, at 21:38 UT
Last Quarter is on July 25th, at 01:18 UT
(source: ephemeris generator at Fred Espenak's NASA's eclipse website)
for what a remarkable configuration of a planet is, check our tutorial 'Planets Apparent Motion'
Mercury is reaching a inferior conjunction on July 21st, at 12:32 UT and may still be seen early July like a morning star at the Tropics or the southern hemisphere
Venus is bound to reach a superior conjunction next month, and nowhere seen worldwide
Mars is nowhere seen in the northern hemisphere as it's a low evening star at the Tropics and the southern hemisphere
Jupiter Still At its Best! keeps at its best after its opposition last month. Jupiter now is South by 10:30 p.m. local time in the northern hemisphere, past South by that time and high, at the Tropics, or close to the zenith, past North in the southern hemisphere
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Saturn At its Best Now! is at its year's best now! Observe Saturn! The ringed planet is at its opposition on July 9th, by 16:12! It is southeast, relatively low in the northern hemisphere as much high at the Tropics. Saturn is much high, past East, in the southern hemisphere. Following a ring aperture maximum, rings now are closing
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Uranus is rising by 1:40 a.m. local time in the northern hemisphere, 1:30 a.m. at the Tropics or 1:40 in the southern hemisphere
Neptune now is rising by 11:45 p.m. local time in the northern hemisphere, by 10:30 p.m. at the Tropics or 10:10 p.m. in the southern hemisphere
Pluto Faraway World At its Best Now! is at its year's best now! The faraway world is coming to a opposition on July 14th! Pluto by 10:30 p.m. local time, is relatively low southeast in the northern hemisphere. It is much high by that same time, at the same position, at the Tropics, or high and East in the southern hemisphere (according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 2006, Pluto is not considered a planet anymore, but categorized like a dwarf planet instead along with Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea, and the prototype of a new category of 'trans-Neptunian', 'Pluto-class' objects)
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The Total Solar Eclipse of July 2nd, 2019
The Partial Lunar Eclipse of July 16th, 2019
That second solar eclipse in 2019 is a total solar eclipse occurring on July 2nd, 2019. The total solar eclipse of July 2nd, 2019 is occurring from the mid- and southwestern Pacific ocean to Central and Southern Americas. A broader area is concerned with a partial eclipse. check our page dedicated to that event
CAUTION! OBSERVING A SUN ECLIPSE IS DANGEROUS AND MAY CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE EYE DAMAGE, UP TO BLINDNESS, ANNULAR AND PARTIAL ECLIPSES INCLUDED! Observing a Sun eclipse necessitates DEDICATED SAFE TECHNIQUES! |
This second and last lunar eclipse in 2019 is a partial lunar eclipse, the partial lunar eclipse of July 16th, 2019. The whole of that partial eclipse is observable from western Russia to the Middle East, and most of Africa. Either side of that area, the eclipse will either be visible by moonrise or by moonset. North America and most of the Pacific ocean area have no eclipse at all. check our page dedicated to that event
Minor planets are those biggest asteroids in the Asteroid Belt which may be easily observed by amateurs from the Earth, namely Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta (due to the new categorization by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) by 2006, Ceres belongs to the 5 dwarf planets in the solar system with Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea). check data and charts at our section Minor Planets on the yearly Calendar page as our tutorial 'Asteroids and Asteroid Hunting' is of help too. Any remarkable event linked to a minor planet may have a notice here below
Some small asteroids dubbed Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are regularly making close approaches at Earth. People interested in such close approaches may obtain recent and upcoming data at NASA site Near-Earth Object Program (their section "Close Approaches"). Date, miss distance in AU or Lunar Distance (LD), estimated diameter, and relative velocity are available. For further observational purposes, check at the Near-Earth Object Program ephemeris Generator. For more about NEOs see tutorial "
Once every time, the solar system treats us with a remarkable comet, a eery view spanning up to thirty degrees of sky! Most of the time however comets are the domain of dedicated observers as mostly weak and, at the most, hovering at the limit of the naked-eye visibility. A good site to get information about current such comets is the British Astronomical Association Comet Section page or also the Weekly Information about Bright Comets page (which often points to comets close to the visual magnitude). Our 'Comets and Comet Hunting' tutorial will also be helpful. Remarkable comets otherwise usually will be presented below!
->note: shooting stars afficionados will be aware of checking Moon at the dates of the showers
for more about the meteor showers of this month, for possible other meteor showers for this month, and for more about shooting stars, generally, see our tutorial "Shooting Stars"
Each month, Moon occults some relatively bright stars, that is the Moon, beginning either with its bright or its dark visible face, is passing in front of a star. This is called an occultation. The Pleiades, on the other hand, due to their position near the eclipic, are often occulted by Moon too. Some planets, at last, along the year, may be occulted by Moon or they themselves, or their satellites, may be seen too occulting a star. The asteroids too may occult stars. Yearly lists of such phenomenons are to be found at Sky & Telescope/SkyTonight.com, either in their newsstand issues or at their site, as a list of occultations of most brilliant stars, the planets and the Pleiades are available at the I.O.T.A site (I.O.T.A. stands for "The International Occultation Timing Association"). Most notable occultations are signaled below
The configuration of Moon makes 2019 a great year of occultations of planets and minor planets by the Moon as, amazingly none of the bright stars usually occulted by Moon, like Aldebaran, Antares, Regulus or Spica, will be!
Mars back is occulted by Moon on Jul. 4th, 2018 by 06:00 UT! The show is available for the E. tip of Africa, Arabian Peninsula, most of Asia, Micronesia. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
Saturn back is occulted by Moon on Jul. 16th, 2018 by 07:00 UT! The show is available for E. Melanesia, S. Polynesia, Easter Island, central South America. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
Pluto back is occulted by Moon on Jul. 16th, 2018 by 17:00 UT! The show is available for E. Africa, Madagascar, S. Indonesia, N. and W. Australia, W. Micronesia. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
check on this site for more about occultations, theoretically
CAUTION! OBSERVING THE SUN IS DANGEROUS AND REQUIRES DEDICATED SAFE TECHNIQUES! |