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SkyWatch: July 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 Jul 21 13:04 UT)
RA 08 02 00.1Dec +20 28 50.2
X -0.483756
Y 0.819774
Z 0.355357
R 1.016035
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2026 Jul 20 | 02:59 | 03:42 | 04:20 | 04:50 | 19:20 | 19:50 | 20:28 | 21:11 |
| 2026 Jul 21 | 03:01 | 03:43 | 04:20 | 04:51 | 19:19 | 19:50 | 20:27 | 21:09 |
| 2026 Jul 22 | 03:02 | 03:44 | 04:21 | 04:52 | 19:18 | 19:49 | 20:26 | 21:08 |
Moon Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 Jul 21 13:04 UT)
RA 13 44 27.3Selected Positions for July 2026
Dec -15 36 34.1
Phase 0.512 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.923 degrees
Diameter 30.17 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 86ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Jul 20 10:48 16:40 22:18 2026 Jul 21 11:52 17:23 22:42 2026 Jul 22 12:56 18:07 23:09 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 Jul 21 13:04 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 08 02 00.1 +20 28 50.2
Opposition 20 02 00.1 -20 28 50.2 180E 19:17 00:03 04:50
Mercury 07 08 06.2 +18 00 38.0 13W 04:17 11:13 18:09
Venus 10 56 53.9 +07 34 12.6 44E 08:35 14:58 21:20
Mars 04 57 14.3 +22 36 21.9 43W 01:45 08:59 16:14
Jupiter 08 26 52.3 +19 38 15.0 6E 05:27 12:30 19:34
Saturn 00 56 41.5 +03 22 22.4 104W 21:54 05:02 11:09
Uranus 04 09 14.8 +20 50 26.5 54W 01:07 08:14 15:21
Neptune 00 16 51.0 +00 18 55.2 114W 21:24 04:22 10:19
Pluto 20 29 49.8 -23 22 57.3 173W 19:46 00:24 04:53
Jul 01 2026 Jul 16 2026 Jul 31 2026
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Sun 06 38 27.7 +23 08 29.1 07 39 54.1 +21 27 08.4 09 40 35.3 +13 54 48.9
Opposition 18 38 27.7 -23 08 29.1 180E 19 39 54.1 -21 27 08.4 180E 21 40 35.3 -13 54 48.9 180E
Mercury 07 49 16.4 +18 30 56.8 17E 07 17 23.8 +17 16 28.1 7W 08 54 16.4 +18 36 31.9 12W
Venus 09 31 17.0 +16 33 15.6 41E 10 34 58.2 +10 08 40.8 43E 12 29 30.8 -04 48 07.3 46E
Mars 03 56 31.2 +20 06 07.4 38W 04 40 57.0 +22 04 32.8 41W 06 11 47.0 +23 42 31.5 50W
Jupiter 08 08 16.3 +20 37 10.4 21E 08 21 51.1 +19 54 54.3 10E 08 49 56.0 +18 14 50.9 13W
Saturn 00 54 33.9 +03 15 11.5 85W 00 56 22.5 +03 22 03.9 99W 00 55 40.7 +03 08 34.2 129W
Uranus 04 05 22.6 +20 39 59.8 35W 04 08 18.0 +20 47 55.3 49W 04 12 32.4 +20 59 02.5 78W
Neptune 00 16 59.0 +00 20 57.3 95W 00 16 58.0 +00 19 59.2 109W 00 15 35.7 +00 09 31.3 139W
Pluto 20 31 42.6 -23 13 58.2 154W 20 30 21.4 -23 20 33.6 168W 20 27 22.8 -23 33 06.1 160E