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Astronomical phenomena July 2016.



2016 is full of surprises for observers worldwide. A lot of events will take place this year from occultations to eclipses.

Take your binoculars or telescope from the closet, because surely, in 2016 you will not have too many pauses between the events that will unfold in the sky.

Astronomical Calendar July 2015 astronomical events.

July.
01 July 2016 - Comet 207 P / NEAT perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 7.64-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

01 July 2016 - Comet P / SOHO (1999 N5 = 2005 E4) perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.67-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

01 July 2016 - Comet P / SOHO (2000 O3) perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.31-year orbit. Its return was observed 3 times.

01 July 2016 - the Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (365983 km from Earth) at 8:45.

02 July 2016 - Comet 208P / McMillan perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 8.15-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

02 July 2016 - Mercury at perihelion. The planet will be at its closest point to the Sun at 18:00.

03 July 2016 - Aldebaran 0.4 ° S Moon at 5:58.

04 July 2016 - New Moon. the Moon will be directly between the Earth and Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 13:01.

04 July 2016 - Earth at aphelion. Earth reaches the furthest point from the Sun, 1.01675 AU, 18:00.

07 July 2016 - Mercury in superior conjunction 05:00.

08 July 2016 - Comet P / WISE (2010 N1) perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.95-year orbit. Its return has been seen 1 times.

11 July 2016 - Venus at perihelion. The planet will be at its closest point to the Sun at 01:00.

12 July 2016 - the first quarter the Moon. at 2:52.

13 July 2016 - Moon at apogee. the Moon reaches the furthest point from the Earth (404272 km from Earth) at 7:24.

14 July 2016 - Comet 279 P / La Sagra perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 6.78-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

18 July 2016 - Comet 56P / Slaughter-Burnham perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 11.5-year orbit. Its return was observed 5 times.

20 July 2016 - Comet 81P / Wild perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 6.41-year orbit. Its return has been seen 6 times.

20 July 2016 - Full Moon. Earth will be between the Sun and Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 1:57.

24 July 2016 - Comet P / Gibbs (2009 K1) perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 7.09-year orbit. Its return has been seen 1 times.

25 July 2016 - Comet 150P / Lone perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 7.66-year orbit. Its return was observed 4 times.

27 July 2016 - the last quarter the Moon. 01:00.

27 July 2016 - the Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (369659 km from Earth) at 13:25.

July 27, 2016 - South Delta Aquarids can produce about 20 meteors per hour. Radiant point for these meteors is in the constellation Aquarius.



Legend:
-Perihelion-position in the orbit of a planet closest to the Sun.
-Aphelion - position in the orbit of a planet farthest from the Sun.
-Perigee -  the position of the Moon closest to Earth.
-Apogee -  the position of the Moon farthest to Earth.
-Inferior Conjunction - Mercury or Venus passing between the Earth and Sun.
-Superior Conjunction - Mercury or Venus passes on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth.
-Greatest elongation - elongation is the angle between the Sun and a planet as seen from Earth, during eastern elongation (E), the planet appears as an evening star, during western elongation (W), the planet appears as a morning star.
-Opposition - position in the orbit of a planet when opposites the Sun as seen from Earth.

-Conjunction - position in the orbit of a planet when appears closer to the Sun as seen from Earth.
-Occultation - Moon occults or eclipses a star or a planet.
-Ascending Node - the point where a planet passes from the southern to the northern part of its orbit.
-Descending Node - the point where a planet passes from the northern to the southern side of its


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