Subj : Stargazing News - July 24th, 2025
To   : All
From : CJ
Date : Wed Jul 23 2025 06:15 am

Thursday July 24, 2025 

New Moon

On Thursday, July 24 at 3:11 p.m. EDT or 12:11 p.m. PDT, or 19:11 UT, the moon
will officially reach its new moon phase. At that time our natural satellite
will be located in Cancer, 3.4 degrees north of the sun. While new, the moon
is travelling in space between Earth and the sun. Since sunlight can only
illuminate the far side of the moon, and the moon is in the same region of the
sky as the sun, it becomes completely hidden from view from anywhere on Earth
for about a day (unless there's a solar eclipse). After the new moon phase,
Earth's celestial night-light will return to shine as a crescent in the
western evening sky.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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