July Skies

The Moon was last quarter on June 28, so is waxing gibbous in the sky as July opens. On the 1st, Mars is 4 degrees south; on the 2nd, Uranus is 4 degrees south, and the Moon is 0.3 degrees from the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters); on the 3rd, Jupiter is 5 degrees south; and new Moon is on the 5th.