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News	Source	Date
Close approach of the Moon, Saturn and Neptune	The Deep Sky	Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Messier 55 is well placed	The Moon	Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Moon at Last Quarter	Appulses	Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Close approach of the Moon and M45	Lunar Occultations	Sun, 20 Jul 2025
Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri	The Moon	Mon, 21 Jul 2025
New Moon	Inner Planets	Thu, 24 Jul 2025
Venus at highest altitude in morning sky		Sat, 26 Jul 2025

Events

Event	Date
Venus at highest altitude in morning sky
New Moon

Constellations

Constellation	Description
Aquila	The eagle; in Greek mythology, the bird of Zeus and the retriever of his thunderbolts.
Sagittarius	The archer; usually drawn as a centaur – half man, half horse
Draco	The dragon; in Greek mythology, Ladon, guard of the tree on which golden apples grew, slain by Hercules.
Sagitta	The arrow; in Greek mythology, perhaps the arrow that Apollo used to kill the Cyclopes.
Scutum	The shield; a constellation honouring King John III Sobieski of Poland – the only politically inspired constellation still in use.

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Washington

Latitude: 37.13°N
Longitude: 113.51°W
Timezone: MDT

Current Conditions

Wed, Jul 16, 2025
Sunrise	06:23
Sunset	20:52
Twilight ends	22:40
Twilight begins	04:35
Moon Phase	Waning Gibbous (58%) 21 days old

Planets

	Rise	Culm.	Set
Mercury	08:16	15:01	21:46
Venus	03:35	10:43	17:50
Moon	23:57	06:08	12:29
Mars	10:44	17:06	23:27
Jupiter	05:10	12:29	19:48
Saturn	00:06	06:05	12:03

All times shown in MDT.

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