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  • Stargazing News - July 24th, 2025

    From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 06:15:46
    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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