The Sky for July 2019

Thanksgiving (U.S.A.)

July 1, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent.

July 2, 2019

The Moon is New at 19:16 U.T. today.

July 3, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 4, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today. At 22:10 U.T. today, the Earth is at aphelion, its farthest distance from the Sun. In the north, it’s currently summer, and probably rather hot today. But the seasons on Earth are primarily caused by the obliquity of Earth’s axis. Happy birthday, America.

July 5, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 6, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 7, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 8, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 9, 2019

The Moon is at first quarter phase at 10:54 U.T. today.

July 10, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 11, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 12, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 13, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 14, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 15, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 16, 2019

The Moon is Full at 21:38 U.T. today. It is an important fiftieth anniversary. On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 left pad 39A in Florida for the Moon. Here is how we saw it back then.

July 17, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 18, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today. For those of you in North America, the bright star almost directly overhead just after sunset is Vega, a blue-white main sequence star only 27 light years from Earth, and one of the three stars in the Summer Triangle.

July 19, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 20, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today. Apollo 11 - 50 years. Let us remember that fifty years ago, the United States did something amazing. It is baffling today that the conviction exists, among some, that the whole thing was faked. How will people view the first human landing on the Moon two hundred years from now?

July 21, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 22, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 23, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 24, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 25, 2019

The Moon is at last quarter phase at 1:18 U.T. today.

July 26, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 27, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today. The Full Moon of July is called the Beach Moon in modern folklore.

July 28, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 29, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 30, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 31, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

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