Monday, July 01, 2024
Thursday July 4 to Thursday July 11
The New Moon is Saturday, July 6. Earth is at aphelion on the 5th. Mercury is visible in the evening twilight and is close to the crescent Moon on the 11th. Saturn enters the evening sky around 11pm, but is still best in the morning. In a telescope Saturn's famous rings are almost edge on. In the morning the lineup of planets is Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. Jupiter is between the red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster. It forms a second "eye" for Taurus the Bull.
The New Moon is Saturday, July 6. Earth is at aphelion, when it is furthest from the Sun on the 5th.
Mercury is well above the western horizon at the end of civil twilight, and is still visible at nautical twilight an hour after sunset. The crescent Moon is above Mercury and Venus is low on the horizon. You will need a level unobstructed horizon to see Venus, and possibly binoculars.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (30 minutes after sunset).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury returns to the evening twilight and is close to the crescent moon on the 11th.
Venus returns low in the evening twilight.
Mars is rising in the morning sky but is heading towards Jupiter.
Jupiter is rising in the the morning twilight sky. Jupiter is between the red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster. The crescent Moon forms a line with Jupiter and Mars on the 4th.
Saturn climbs higher in the late evening sky.
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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