{"id":3788,"date":"2026-07-01T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/?p=3788"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:15:59","slug":"the-starry-sky-in-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/archive\/3788","title":{"rendered":"The Starry Sky in July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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July is the best month to see the southern constellations.\u00a0Scorpio<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sagittarius<\/strong>\u00a0to observe. From Germany, they can be found very close to the horizon. However, if you are on vacation in the Mediterranean region, you can see them much higher in the sky. The inconspicuous constellations are hidden above Scorpius and Sagittarius Snake-bearer, snake<\/strong> and above it the\u00a0Hercules<\/strong>. The particularly bright stars in the sky are Arcturus in the constellation of the Boats<\/strong>, and Vega in the\u00a0Lyre<\/strong>, Deneb in the Swan<\/strong> and Atair in the\u00a0Eagle<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The ribbon of\u00a0Milky Way<\/strong>\u00a0stretches across the sky. But because it doesn't get completely dark at night in July, the Milky Way is more clearly visible in August. The\u00a0Big bear<\/strong>\u00a0is now only partially visible; see the star chart. It can increasingly be found near the horizon in a northwesterly direction.<\/p>\r\n

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The Moon Phases in July 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The Planets in July 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The planet closest to the Sun Mercury<\/strong> is practically nowhere to be seen in July.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Venus<\/strong>\u00a0is now in the constellation Leo and will pass within a degree of Regulus on July 8. Its evening visibility is already beginning to decrease again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Mars<\/strong>\u00a0will be visible in the morning sky. On July 4, it will pass within just six arcminutes of Uranus, which is significantly fainter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jupiter<\/strong>\u00a0The constellation Gemini is no longer visible in the evening sky in July.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Saturn<\/strong>\u00a0It rises before midnight starting in mid-July. The ringed planet in the constellation Pisces begins its opposition cycle at the end of July.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Uranus<\/strong>\u00a0will be visible again in the morning sky starting in mid-July. Its close approach to Mars on July 4 will be difficult to observe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Neptune<\/strong>\u00a0It, too, begins its opposition cycle in July. This faint planet can be spotted in the morning sky in the constellation Pisces.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In modified form from The starry sky in June 2026 - Vereinigung der Sternfreunde e.V.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  July is the best month to observe the southern constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius. From Germany, they can be seen very close to the horizon. However, if you're on vacation in the Mediterranean region, you can see them much higher...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-die-himmelsvorschau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3788"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3797,"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788\/revisions\/3797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sternwarte-zweibruecken.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}