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This page provides charts, and text concerning what is visible in the night sky during the month noted. All information is for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but they can still provide useful information for most other areas of the U.S.A. Sky charts, Saturn ring plane, and Venus phase images are for Midnight, on the 15th day of the month and are naked eye views. Sky charts are 100 degree field of view, and show objects down to 12th magnitude. Times in the text information are in 24 hour format and have been adjusted for Daylight Savings Time. Subtract 12 hours from those over 12 to get the equivalent PM. RA and DEC given are for Epoch 2000.
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Current Moon phase & Galilean satellites
Baton Rouge Clear Sky Clock
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Kisatchie Clear Sky Clock
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July
Moon Calendar
Sky charts
Saturn's Ring Plane
Venus Phase
Sun and Moon Rise and Set
Date Moonrise Moonset Sunrise Sunset Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 07/01/10 23:22 10:43 06:06 20:11 04:29 21:48 07/02/10 23:50 11:36 06:06 20:11 04:30 21:48 07/03/10 ------ 12:29 06:07 20:11 04:30 21:48 07/04/10 00:18 13:24 06:07 20:11 04:31 21:47 07/05/10 00:49 14:20 06:08 20:11 04:31 21:47 07/06/10 01:24 15:19 06:08 20:10 04:32 21:47 07/07/10 02:03 16:20 06:09 20:10 04:32 21:47 07/08/10 02:49 17:23 06:09 20:10 04:33 21:46 07/09/10 03:43 18:24 06:10 20:10 04:34 21:46 07/10/10 04:45 19:22 06:10 20:10 04:34 21:45 07/11/10 05:53 20:13 06:11 20:09 04:35 21:45 07/12/10 07:04 20:59 06:11 20:09 04:36 21:45 07/13/10 08:14 21:40 06:12 20:09 04:37 21:44 07/14/10 09:24 22:17 06:12 20:09 04:37 21:44 07/15/10 10:31 22:52 06:13 20:08 04:38 21:43 07/16/10 11:37 23:28 06:13 20:08 04:39 21:42 07/17/10 12:41 ------ 06:14 20:07 04:40 21:42 07/18/10 13:46 00:04 06:14 20:07 04:41 21:41 07/19/10 14:49 00:43 06:15 20:07 04:41 21:40 07/20/10 15:51 01:26 06:16 20:06 04:42 21:40 07/21/10 16:50 02:12 06:16 20:06 04:43 21:39 07/22/10 17:44 03:04 06:17 20:05 04:44 21:38 07/23/10 18:32 03:59 06:17 20:05 04:45 21:37 07/24/10 19:15 04:55 06:18 20:04 04:46 21:37 07/25/10 19:52 05:52 06:18 20:03 04:46 21:36 07/26/10 20:25 06:48 06:19 20:03 04:47 21:35 07/27/10 20:56 07:43 06:20 20:02 04:48 21:34 07/28/10 21:25 08:36 06:20 20:02 04:49 21:33 07/29/10 21:52 09:30 06:21 20:01 04:50 21:32 07/30/10 22:20 10:22 06:21 20:00 04:51 21:31 07/31/10 22:50 11:16 06:22 20:00 04:52 21:30
Information and images in this section from The Sky6 Professional
Solar System Information
Solar Eclipse Report for 2010
Solar eclipse on 07/11/2010
Sun rise: 6:11
Sun set: 20:10
Time of maximum eclipse: 14:30
Eclipse is total
Eclipse is visible in the southern hemisphere
The time of maximum eclipse (above) does not necessarily specify when the
eclipse will be maximal when viewed from the specified location.
Planet View Info Report for 07/01/2010 to 07/31/2010
Mercury
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 6:20 20:33 6h53m21s 24°22'38" 3°24'08" 0.991 1.32613
07/08/2010 7:01 21:01 7h56m28s 22°38'12" 11°06'02" 0.914 1.28722
07/15/2010 7:37 21:17 8h51m03s 19°22'07" 17°29'43" 0.810 1.21125
07/22/2010 8:05 21:23 9h36m38s 15°17'40" 22°21'22" 0.710 1.11821
07/29/2010 8:25 21:21 10h13m57s 10°57'50" 25°39'57" 0.614 1.01825
Venus
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 9:15 22:41 9h29m02s 16°45'12" 40°12'16" 0.708 1.07711
07/08/2010 9:26 22:37 9h59m52s 13°54'46" 41°28'34" 0.682 1.02443
07/15/2010 9:36 22:31 10h29m26s 10°49'16" 42°38'26" 0.654 0.97067
07/22/2010 9:44 22:23 10h57m51s 7°32'47" 43°40'48" 0.625 0.91598
07/29/2010 9:52 22:15 11h25m09s 4°09'13" 44°33'58" 0.595 0.86062
Mars
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 11:06 23:45 10h58m30s 7°32'02" 63°51'43" 0.914 1.79262
07/08/2010 10:57 23:28 11h13m12s 5°53'18" 61°11'28" 0.918 1.84186
07/15/2010 10:49 23:12 11h28m07s 4°11'41" 58°35'41" 0.921 1.88891
07/22/2010 10:40 22:55 11h43m15s 2°27'40" 56°04'08" 0.926 1.93365
07/29/2010 10:32 22:39 11h58m36s 0°41'45" 53°36'19" 0.930 1.97607
Jupiter
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 0:37 12:40 0h11m41s -0°07'56" 96°27'29" 0.990 4.75133
07/08/2010 0:11 12:15 0h13m17s 0°00'16" 102°42'26" 0.990 4.64477
07/15/2010 23:41 11:48 0h14m21s 0°04'49" 109°06'43" 0.991 4.54087
07/22/2010 23:14 11:21 0h14m49s 0°05'36" 115°40'32" 0.991 4.44110
07/29/2010 22:46 10:53 0h14m42s 0°02'36" 122°24'10" 0.992 4.34688
Saturn
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 12:17 0:36 11h59m13s 2°37'00" 79°42'03" 0.997 9.66916
07/08/2010 11:51 0:10 12h00m37s 2°26'23" 73°25'26" 0.997 9.78232
07/15/2010 11:26 23:39 12h02m16s 2°14'11" 67°12'46" 0.998 9.89190
07/22/2010 11:01 23:13 12h04m10s 2°00'32" 61°03'51" 0.998 9.99657
07/29/2010 10:36 22:47 12h06m16s 1°45'35" 54°58'13" 0.998 10.09520
Uranus
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 0:30 12:31 0h03m20s -0°27'48" 98°30'16" 0.999 19.91972
07/08/2010 0:02 12:03 0h03m22s -0°27'52" 105°10'19" 0.999 19.80503
07/15/2010 23:31 11:36 0h03m16s -0°28'52" 111°52'56" 0.999 19.69395
07/22/2010 23:03 11:08 0h03m00s -0°30'47" 118°37'58" 1.000 19.58813
07/29/2010 22:35 10:40 0h02m37s -0°33'33" 125°25'29" 1.000 19.48908
Neptune
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
07/01/2010 22:55 10:03 22h03m11s -12°26'49" 130°36'54" 1.000 29.34764
07/08/2010 22:27 9:34 22h02m44s -12°29'24" 137°24'22" 1.000 29.26281
07/15/2010 21:59 9:06 22h02m13s -12°32'23" 144°13'12" 1.000 29.18843
07/22/2010 21:31 8:38 22h01m38s -12°35'41" 151°03'08" 1.000 29.12565
07/29/2010 21:03 8:10 22h01m00s -12°39'16" 157°54'09" 1.000 29.07536
Planet Apsides Report for 2010
Earth
07/05/2010 Aphelion Distance from Sun: 1.02 AU
Planet Data Report
Planet Mean Dist Period of Inclination Equatorial
From Sun Revolution Diameter
(AU) (km)
Mercury 0.39 88 days 7° 4880
Venus 0.72 224.7 days 3.4° 12100
Earth 1.00 365.24 days 0° 12756
Mars 1.52 687 days 1.9° 6794
Jupiter 5.20 11.86 years 1.3° 143200
Saturn 9.54 29.46 years 2.5° 120000
Uranus 19.18 84 years 0.8° 52290
Neptune 30.06 165 years 1.8° 50450
Moon Apsides Report for 07/01/2010 to 07/31/2010
Date Hour Apsis Distance (km) Diameter
07/01/2010 5 Apogee 405062 0.4917°
07/13/2010 6 Perigee 361122 0.5515°
07/28/2010 19 Apogee 405957 0.4906°
Moon Nodes Report for 07/01/2010 to 07/31/2010
Date Time Node Illuminated Fraction
07/11/2010 2:29 Descending 0.01
07/24/2010 2:58 Ascending 0.96
Meteor Showers Report for 07/01/2010 to 07/31/2010
Date Meteor Shower ZHR RA DEC Illum. Frac. Longitude
07/07/2010 Capricornids 5 0.20 106°
07/15/2010 Capricornids 5 20h44m -15° 0.22 113°
07/20/2010 alpha-Cygnids 5 21h00m 48° 0.75 118°
07/25/2010 Capricornids 5 21h00m -15° 1.00 123°
07/28/2010 delta-Aquarids 20 22h36m -17° 0.93 126°
07/30/2010 Piscis Australids 5 22h40m -30° 0.81 128°
Information for this section is from Astronomy Lab 2.03
Last updated on Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:11 AM