SkyWatch: July 2025

Dates and times are Universal Time
Positions are geocentric J2000
Pluto's position is astrometric, i.e., it accounts for the approx. 6 hour light-time
Elongations are in degrees
Calculations by Brian D. Warner

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)

Longitude   Latitude   UTOffset  

Sun Information

Currently (Wed, 2025 Jul 30 12:54 UT)
RA 08 38 32.4
Dec +18 27 39.2
X -0.614752
Y 0.741199
Z 0.321299
R 1.015149

Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Civil Twilight (CT): Sun 6º below horizon
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
2025 Jul 29   03:1103:5204:2804:5819:1219:4220:1820:58
2025 Jul 30   03:1303:5304:2904:5919:1119:4120:1720:57
2025 Jul 31   03:1403:5404:3005:0019:1019:3920:1620:55

 


Moon Information


Currently (Wed, 2025 Jul 30 12:54 UT)
RA          12 54 43.5
Dec -08 23 18.1
Phase 0.318  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.912 degrees
Diameter 29.83 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 64E

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)

UT DateRiseTransitSet
2025 Jul 2908:5815:1621:22
2025 Jul 3009:5915:5721:42
2025 Jul 3111:0016:3722:04

Phases for 2025

New First Full Last
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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

Planet Information


Currently (Wed, 2025 Jul 30 12:54 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         08 38 32.4   +18 27 39.2       
Opposition 20 38 32.4 -18 27 39.2 180E 19:07 00:03 05:07
Mercury 08 43 21.0 +13 00 55.4 6E 05:36 12:13 18:51
Venus 05 55 10.6 +21 50 27.3 38W 02:07 09:19 16:32
Mars 11 42 44.8 +02 33 28.2 48E 09:03 15:09 21:14
Jupiter 06 47 59.3 +22 53 37.5 26W 03:00 10:15 17:31
Saturn 00 08 37.6 -01 38 48.6 126W 20:46 03:38 09:29
Uranus 03 53 38.2 +20 03 08.9 67W 00:18 07:22 14:26
Neptune 00 08 10.5 -00 35 01.8 126W 20:42 03:37 09:32
Pluto 20 21 07.4 -23 21 05.6 174E 19:01 23:39 04:09

 

Selected Positions for July 2025
                Jul 01 2025                       Jul 16 2025                       Jul 31 2025
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun 06 39 32.1 +23 07 29.7 07 40 56.0 +21 24 40.6 09 41 32.4 +13 50 02.1
Opposition 18 39 32.1 -23 07 29.7 180E 19 40 56.0 -21 24 40.6 180E 21 41 32.4 -13 50 02.1 180E
Mercury 08 28 58.1 +19 37 46.8 26E 09 06 43.4 +13 46 13.8 22E 08 28 18.6 +17 12 21.4 18W
Venus 03 35 52.1 +16 37 00.7 43W 04 44 34.6 +20 03 40.6 41W 07 18 14.3 +21 29 28.5 35W
Mars 10 37 59.1 +09 43 36.7 58E 11 10 37.6 +06 10 48.3 53E 12 20 11.0 -01 42 32.3 42E
Jupiter 06 19 26.9 +23 13 52.9 5W 06 34 10.8 +23 05 50.5 16W 07 02 49.2 +22 35 32.9 39W
Saturn 00 08 53.7 -01 28 26.1 98W 00 09 25.6 -01 29 26.6 112W 00 06 14.6 -01 58 28.3 142W
Uranus 03 48 47.3 +19 48 19.0 40W 03 51 31.3 +19 56 45.3 53W 03 55 17.0 +20 08 02.3 82W
Neptune 00 08 46.1 -00 29 34.9 97W 00 08 40.5 -00 31 01.4 112W 00 07 10.1 -00 42 18.6 142W
Pluto 20 23 55.7 -23 08 44.6 156W 20 22 32.5 -23 15 07.1 170W 20 19 33.1 -23 27 10.9 158E