By Graziella L. Posted Jul 9, 2023 at 2:19pm
After a glorious full moon earlier in the month, the end of July 2023 has some nice surprises in store for us! Between July 19th and 22nd, several planets will exceptionally align with the moon.
At the beginning of July we could admire a magnificent supermoon, an event that regularly takes place in summer. Others are looking forward to early September, but in the meantime, this Sunday, July 9th, we’re enjoying an especially bright Venus visible for a while and soon alignment of the major planetsfrom July 19-22, 2023, between Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon !
In the Night of July 19th to 20thShortly after sunset we will see the Moon appear softly, passing two planets, Mercury and Venus, which are particularly low at this time and easy to spot thanks to the considerable brilliance of the Evening Star. The following night, a new planet invites itself to the party, the Shining One march, slightly higher and west than the other two. So look in that direction and at the constellation of Leo, against a clear landscape on the horizon, to take advantage of the alignment between our satellite and the three planets of our solar system. until July 22nd.
Both passionate and amateur astronomers can observe this event with the naked eyeor through a simple telescope. If the weather is nice on these two summer evenings, you can attend a great show!
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