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THE moon is new on July 13d. 12h. 03m. U.T. and full on July 27d. 19h. 14m. There are no occultations of any bright stars during the month. The following conjunctions occur: July 3d. 23h., Venus in conjunction with Saturn, Venus 0.1° N.; July 9d. 21h., Saturn in conjunction with the moon, Saturn 3° N. ; July lOd. llh., Venus in conjunction with the moon, Venus 4° N.,· July lid. 15h., Mercury in conjunction with the moon, Mercury 3° N.; July 12d. 10h., Jupiter in conjunction with the moon, Jupiter 4° N.; July 16d. 00h., Mars in conjunction with the moon, Mars 3° N.; July 18d. 08h., Mercury in conjunction with Jupiter, Mercury 0.4° S.; July 30, 10h., Mars in conjunction with Regulus, Mars 0.7° N. Mercury is a morning star and is in greatest elongation on July 6 when it is 21 ° W. Venus is a morning star and souths at 9h. 50m. in the middle of the month. Mars is too close to the sun to be well observed. Jupiter is a morning star, in Gemini, and rises about 2h. 40m. in the middle of the month. Saturn is a morning star and souths about three hours before the sun in the middle of the month. Comet Grigg-Skjellerup can be observed with a small telescope; an ephemeris appeared in NATURE of June 6, p. 636. The earth is at aphelion on July 6.
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The Night Sky in July. Nature 149, 729 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149729d0
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