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NEW moon occurs on July 2d. 12h. 44m. TI.T. and full moon on July 17d. 12h. 21m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: July 4d. 08h., Jupiter 2°N.; July 6d. 16h., Venus 0-4°S. ; July 24d. 23h., Mars 4° N. ; July 28d. 07h., Saturn 3° N. In addition to the above occupations, Venus is in conjunction with Regulus on July 6d. 19h., Venus 0-3°N. The following occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 occur: July 6d. 16h. 12-6m., a Leo (D) ; July 6d. 17h. 27-5m., a Leo (R) ; July 13d. 21h. 05-7m., 49 Lib (D) ; July 27d. 2h. 29-Om., 264 B. Tau (R) ; July 27d. 4h. 15-Om., a Tau (D) ; July 27d. 5h. 23-6m., s Tau (R). The times are given for Greenwich, and D and R refer to 'disappearance and reappearance respectively. Mercury is in superior conjunction on July 18 and is unfavourably placed for observation. Venus can be observed as an evening star during the month. The planet sets about 2h. 10m. after the sun at the beginning of the month and about 45m. after the sun at the end of the month. Mars moves from the constellation of Pisces to Aries during July. A remarkable effect is produced by its movement in north declination. At the beginning and end of the month it sets at nearly the same time-about 13h. 40m. Jupiter is in superior conjunction with the sun on July 18. Saturn, in the constellation of Taurus, is a morning star, rising at Ih. 50m. and setting at 17h. 50m. in the middle of the month. Times are given approximately for the latitude of Greenwich. The earth is at aphelion on July 4, being a little more than 94½ million miles from the sun on that date.
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The Night Sky in July. Nature 151, 724 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151724d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151724d0