Volume 15 Issue 7	July 2009

Moon Watch -- Observing Our Closest Neighbor

03.	Waxing Gibbous Moon Near Antares
07.	Full Moon Apogee (406 232 km)
10.	Waning Gibbous Moon West Of Jupiter
11.	Waning Gibbous Moon East Of Jupiter
15.	Last Quarter
19.	Waning Crescent Moon Near Venus
21.	Perigee (357 363 km)
22.	New Moon
23.	Very Thin Waxing Crescent Moon Near Regulus
24.	Thin Waxing Crescent Moon Near Saturn
27.	Waxing Crescent Moon Near Regulus
28.	First Quarter
30.	Waxing Gibbous Moon West Of Antares
31.	Waxing Gibbous Moon East Of Antares
Moon Phase Calendar

03 July - 2300 CDT

11 July - 0100 CDT

27 July - 2200 CDT

31 July - 0200 CDT

Lunar Passages

Many times during a month the Moon passes by bright stars and planets, and often we are treated to nice pairings or groupings of these objects.
As shown in this view set for 0400 CDT on July 18th a waning crescent Moon will be below the Pleiades and above Venus and the stars of the Hyades. Mars is the reddish dot down to the right from the Moon.