Subj : Stargazing News - July 7th, 2025
To   : All
From : CJ
Date : Sun Jul 06 2025 07:06 am

Monday July 7, 2025 

Bright Moon Follows Antares (overnight) 

In the southern sky after dusk on Monday, July 7, the prominent reddish star
Antares will be twinkling several finger widths to the right of the bright,
waxing gibbous moon. By the time that Antares sets ahead of the moon, at
around 2:30 a.m. local time, the rotation of the sky will have shifted it
lower than the moon. About half a day earlier, residents of the southern tip
of Africa, the Kerguelen Islands, and easternmost Antarctica can watch the
moon occult Antares using their unaided eyes or through binoculars and
backyard telescopes. Antares marks the heart of Scorpius, the Scorpion, and is
frequently visited by the moon and planets.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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