- Earth & Sky Calendar

Mon June 30: Moon at south node

Tue July 1: Moon on the equator....Canada Day

Thur July 3: Dog Days of summer, ruled by the dog star Sirius, denoting the hottest days of the year in the northern hemisphere begin...Earth at Aphelion...

Fri July 4th: Moon at apogee...Mercury's great elongation 26* east...Independence Day in USA

Venus has become a morning star, very bright on the east horizon pre-dawn rising around 4:00 AM. 

Dim Saturn is returning to the night sky rising around 11:00 locally.

Jupiter has disappeared behind the Sun and won't be seen until it becomes a morning start this month

Mars is southwest at dark moving towards the stars of Virgo