| 1 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 405,036 km; angular
size 29.8'). |
| 3 |
Moon
near Jupiter
(morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -2.5. |
| 4 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 14:35 UT. |
| 6 |
Earth
at Aphelion
(farthest from Sun) at 11h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is
1.01670 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth
at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic
Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 8 |
Moon
near Pleiades
(morning sky) at 6h UT. |
| 9 |
Moon
near Aldebaran
(morning sky) at 2h UT. |
| 10 |
Venus
1.0° NNE of Regulus
(evening sky) at 12h UT. Mags. -4.1 and 1.4. |
| 11 |
Total
Solar Eclipse
visible from South Pacific Ocean. Path of totality includes
parts of the Cook Islands, Tahiti, Tuamotu Archipelago, Easter
Island, and southern Chile and Argentina. Greatest totality (5m
20s) occurs in open ocean at 19:34 UT.
• Total
Solar Eclipse of 2010 Jul 11 (PDF) (NASA)
• Eclipses
During 2010 (NASA) |
| 11 |
New
Moon
at 19:40 UT. Start of lunation 1083.
• Lunation
Number (Wikipedia) |
| 13 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 11h UT (361,115 km; 32.1'). |
| 14 |
Moon
near Regulus
(evening sky) at 13h UT. |
| 14 |
Moon
near Venus
(evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. -4.1. |
| 16 |
Moon
near Mars
(evening sky) at 0h UT. Mag. +1.4. |
| 16 |
Moon
near Saturn
(evening sky) at 14h UT. Mag. +1.1. |
| 18 |
Moon
near Spica
(evening sky) at 6h UT. |
| 18 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 10:11 UT. |
| 21 |
Moon
near Antares
(evening sky) at 20h UT. |
| 26 |
Full
Moon
at 1:37 UT.
• Full
Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 27 |
Mercury
0.3° SSW of Regulus
(25° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT. Mags. +0.1 and +1.3. |
| 29 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,955 km; angular
size 29.3'). |
| 31 |
Moon
near Jupiter
(morning sky) at 2h UT. Mag. -2.7. |
| 31 |
Mars
1.8° SSW of Saturn
(evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. +1.5 and +1.1. |
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