1.

Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 at 02:53 PDT (13 days ago) in Gemini

2.

Messier 22 is well placed The globular cluster M22 (mag 5.2) in Sagittarius, near the Galactic centre, culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 (13 days ago) in Sagittarius

3.

The cluster IC 4756 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4756 (mag 4.6) in Serpens culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 (13 days ago) in Serpens Cauda

4.

Conjunction of Mars and Uranus Mars and Uranus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6'26". Fri, 03 Jul 2026 at 22:23 PDT (11 days ago) in Taurus

5.

Close approach of Mars and Uranus Mars and Uranus pass within 6'18" of each other. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 at 23:11 PDT (11 days ago) in Taurus

6.

The Earth at aphelion The Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 at 10:30 PDT (8 days ago) in Pisces

7.

Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 at 04:40 PDT (7 days ago) in Pisces

8.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 at 09:32 PDT (7 days ago) in Pisces

9.

Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 at 12:29 PDT (7 days ago) in Pisces

10.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°39'. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 at 14:49 PDT (7 days ago) in Pisces

11.

Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition Asteroid 18 Melpomene makes closest approach to the Earth. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 at 00:10 PDT (5 days ago) in Aquila

12.

Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition Asteroid 8 Flora makes closest approach to the Earth. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 at 14:34 PDT (5 days ago) in Sagittarius

13.

Close approach of the Moon and M45 The Moon and M45 pass close to each other. Fri, 10 Jul 2026 at 16:17 PDT (4 days ago) in Taurus

14.

The Great Peacock Globular Cluster is well placed The bright globular cluster NGC 6752 (mag 5.4) in Pavo culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 10 Jul 2026 (4 days ago) in Pavo

15.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 at 06:24 PDT (3 days ago) in Taurus

16.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°19'. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 at 07:40 PDT (3 days ago) in Taurus

17.

Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Argentina amongst others. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 at 04:32 PDT (2 days ago) in Taurus

18.

Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 at 18:20 PDT (2 days ago) in Gemini

19.

The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, appearing larger than at other times of the month – though only very fractionally. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 at 00:56 PDT (Yesterday) in Gemini

20.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 02:44 PDT (4 hours ago) in Gemini