2020-05-01_Astronomy

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JULY 2020

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SERPENSCAUDA

HUS

LYRA

VULPECULA

SAGITTA

AQUILA

DELPHINUS

CAPRICORNUS

MICROSCOPIUM

GRUS

SCUTUM

TELESCCORONA

AUSTRALIS

SAGITTARIUS

TUCANA

INDUS

ES Vega

Altair

M11

M16

M20M17

M8

M7

M22

Saturn

Jupiter E

NE

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance

from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time.

1 Mercury is in inferior conjunction, 3h UT

2 Asteroid Herculina is at opposition, 14h UT

4 Earth is at aphelion (152.1 million kilometers from the Sun), 12h UT

5 Full Moon occurs at 4h44m UT; penumbral lunar eclipse

Asteroid Vesta is in conjunction with the Sun, 6h UT

The Moon passes 1.9° south of Jupiter, 22h UT

6 The Moon passes 2° south of Saturn, 9h UT

10 The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune, 7h UT

Venus is at greatest brilliancy (magnitude –4.7), 8h UT

11 The Moon passes 2° south of Mars, 20h UT

12 Venus passes 1.0° north of Aldebaran, 7h UT

The Moon is at apogee (404,199 kilometers from Earth), 19h27m UT

Last Quarter Moon occurs at 23h29m UT

13 Dwarf planet Ceres is stationary, 2h UT

Asteroid Pallas is at opposition, 2h UT

14 Jupiter is at opposition, 8h UT

The Moon passes 4° south of Uranus, 12h UT

15 Pluto is at opposition, 19h UT

17 The Moon passes 3° north of Venus, 7h UT

19 The Moon passes 4° north of Mercury, 4h UT

20 New Moon occurs at 17h33m UT

Saturn is at opposition, 22h UT

22 Mercury is at greatest western elongation (20°), 15h UT

25 The Moon is at perigee (368,361 kilometers from Earth), 5h02m UT

27 First Quarter Moon occurs at 12h33m UT

29 Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ASTRONOMY

: ROEN KELLY