Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Thursday July 14 to Thursday July 21
The Full Moon is Thursday July 14. This is a Perigee Full Moon, the best this year. The Last Quarter Moon is Thursday July 21. Four bright classical planets in a line in the morning sky, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus. The waning Moon is close to Saturn on the 15/16th and close to Jupiter on the 19th.
The Full Moon is Thursday July 14. This is a Perigee Full Moon, the best this year. Perigee is July 13. The Last Quarter Moon is Thursday July 21.
Evening sky on Friday July 16 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST.
The waning Moon is close to Saturn (which in turn forms a triangle with delta and gamma Capricornii).
The insets is the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (click to embiggen).
Morning sky on Tuesday July 19 as seen from Adelaide at 6:24 am ACST
(60 minutes before sunrise).
Four bright classical planets are visible in a line in the morning sky, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus.
The insets are the telescopic views of the planets at the same magnification at this time, Ganymede and Io are close to Jupiter.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Perigee was on July 13, 10:00, 9 hours before exact full Moon, the closest paring of perigee and Full Moon this year.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.
Scorpius is prominent above the South Eastern horizon with the teapot a Sagittarius below. From the Sting of the Scorpion through the teapot there is a wealth of binocular objects to discover.
Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the twilight.
Venus is lowering in the morning twilight.
Mars forms a line with Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus (and Uranus and Neptune).
Jupiter climbs higher in the morning twilight below Saturn and above Mars. On the 19th Jupiter is close to the waning Moon.
Saturn climbs away from Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. The waning Moon is close to Saturn on the 15/16th
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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