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July 2010 / Gorffennaf 2010

July 03 2010 23:16 UTC | Views: 130 | Comments: 0
Posted by: NickE KC2VWR in The Moon this Month

Croeso i'r blog Gorffennaf Lunar ar Seryddiaeth.FM.

Hi Everyone, sorry about the lack of blogs for the last 2 months but everything is getting back to normal slowly , I do have an exam coming up at the beginning of October but this should not cause issues !

All times when given are UT

New Moon Full Moon
2010 July 11 19.40 2010 July 26 01.36

Apogee : July 1 10:13

Perigee : July 13 11:22

Lunar Librations

max south limb exposed: 4th (-6.9°), 31st (-6.8°)
max west limb exposed: 7th (-6.6°)
max north limb exposed: 17th (+6.9°)
max east limb exposed: 20th (+6.7°)

(above Diagram used with permission of the BAA Lunar Section)

Events for July

1st Moon above Neptune Morning (UT) (Moon at Perigee)
4th Last Quarter Moon above Juoiter and Uranus
8th Gibbous Crescent Moon near to M45 in pre-dawn sky
9th Crescent Moon above Aldeberan in pre-dawn sky
11th New Moon.
13th Mercury Close to the Moon (4°N)(Moon at Apogee)
14th Crescent Moon in Evening Twilight below Venus and Regulus
15th Mars above Crescent Moon
16th Saturn above Crescent Moon
18th Spica Near 1st Quarter Moon
21st Antares close the Moon
26th Full Moon
31st Moon above Jupiter & Uranus

BAA Lunar section http://www.baalunarsection.org.uk/

ALPO http://alpo-astronomy.org/

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