For more details please consult – Astronomy – Sun – Moon – Eclipses (timeanddate.com) and In-The-Sky.org
Note – all times are Canaries Islands Local Time
Overview:
Following the Summer Solstice the days are getting slowly shorter with consequent lengthening of the nights.
Stars and objects of the Summer Sky are starting to show themselves at around 10pm.
The Moon
New Moon 5th July 2024 at 2357 First Quarter 13th July 2024 at 2348
Full Moon 21st July 2024 at 1117 Last Quarter 28th July 2024 at 0351
The Planets
Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus
Rise 0438 0112 0646 0513 0148 0242 0020 0204
Set 2139 1711 2249 2209 1656 1902 1121 1755
In summary
Mercury will be lost in the evening twilight.
Venus is too close to the Sun this month.
Mars is a morning object visible low in the east before sunrise.
Jupiter is also visible in the east before sunrise but will be quite a challenge to locate.
Saturn will be visible for a short while low in the waste before sunrise.
Uranus is close to Mars and can be used as a marker to locate it low in the east before sunrise.
Meteor Showers There are no major meteor showers visible in July.
Bright Comet
Comet 13p/Olbers is in Lynx and brightening
Comet C/2023 L3 Tsuchinsan-ATLAS is a 9th magnitude object in Leo and is brightening gradually.
There are no other Comets in the sky brighter than 12th magnitude this month
For further news on upcoming bright Comets please browse with website ….. https://in-the-sky.org/data/comets.php
The Stars at Midnight CEST from the Canaries Islands
North – Hercules and Bootes are overhead with the two Bears nicely placed. Cepheus and Cygnus are rising in the NE. Coma and Leo are in the NW.
East – Hercules and Ophiuchus are overhead with the band of the Milky Way nicely placed [Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cygnus, Aquilla, Scutum, Sagittarius and Scorpius]..
South – Serpens is overhead, with Ophiuchus, Libra and Vigo nicely placed. Sagittarius Scorpio, are in view and Lupus – the Wolf – is low down
West – Bootes is overhead, Coma and Leo are nicely placed. Centaurus is low in the SW.
Other phenomena to look out for
With Summer in full swing the focus for stargazers turns towards Noctilucent Clouds. These are so-called night-shining clouds and are visible only once the Sun has set. Already Summer 2024 is looking very promising for seeing these amazing cloud formations
There is lots of solar activity at the moment – though activity has toned down since the auroral storm of the 14th of June, more solar activity should be on the way.
Night Sky View
Rendering from Carte du Ciel – Skycharts. en:start [Skychart] (ap-i.net)
