Local Sky Events
July
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- Moon: New on the 7th, First quarter 15th; Full on the 21st and third quarter on 27th.
- Saturn appears high in the pre-dawn southeastern sky. The planet's rings are inclined about 2 degrees to our line of sight and may be challenging to see.
- Jupiter and Mars join the early morning parade of planets. At magnitude -2.0 Jupiter will shine left of Taurus, The Bull, while Mars, at magnitude +1.0 will be higher and to the right of Taurus near the Pleiades star cluster.
- Venus begins its climb into the evening sky just barely above the western horizon. Scan to the left of the point of sunset with good binoculars to catch a glimpse of our neighbor.
- Mercury reaches its maximum height above the west-northwestern horizon in early July. Use binoculars to find this elusive planet.
Check back often for updates
- Moon: New on the 7th, First quarter 15th; Full on the 21st and third quarter on 27th.
- Saturn appears high in the pre-dawn southeastern sky. The planet's rings are inclined about 2 degrees to our line of sight and may be challenging to see.
- Jupiter and Mars join the early morning parade of planets. At magnitude -2.0 Jupiter will shine left of Taurus, The Bull, while Mars, at magnitude +1.0 will be higher and to the right of Taurus near the Pleiades star cluster.
- Venus begins its climb into the evening sky just barely above the western horizon. Scan to the left of the point of sunset with good binoculars to catch a glimpse of our neighbor.
- Mercury reaches its maximum height above the west-northwestern horizon in early July. Use binoculars to find this elusive planet.
See our Links page - Sky Watching - for other events.
See Sky and Telescope Magazine (The Sky at a Glance) for more events.