The Sky for July 2020

Thanksgiving (U.S.A.)

July 1, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous.

July 2, 2019

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 3, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 4, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today. At 11:34 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, 2020

The Moon is Full at 4:44 U.T. today. The Full Moon of July is called the Fireworks Moon in modern folklore.

July 6, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 7, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 8, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 9, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 10, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 11, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning gibbous today.

July 12, 2020

The Moon is is at third quarter phase at 23:29 U.T. today.

July 13, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 14, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 15, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waning crescent today.

July 16, 2020

The Moon is New at 17:33 U.T. today. 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, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 18, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent 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, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 20, 2020

The Moon is New at 17:33 U.T. today. Let us remember that just over 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, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 22, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 23, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 24, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 25, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 26, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing crescent today.

July 27, 2020

The Moon is at first quarter phase at 12:33 U.T. today.

July 28, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 29, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 30, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

July 31, 2020

The phase of the Moon is waxing gibbous today.

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