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A growing crescent moon was conquered near his first quarter of the quarter. | Credit: Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Do not miss the growing crescent moon moon, which shines in the hours after sunset on July 30th on July 30th on July 30th the stars of the constellations of the constellations.
In the hour after sunset on July 30th 20 degrees above the southwestern horizon to find the WachCrescent moon – now 32% – to find in the evening sky, whereby Spica glows as a light light point of less than 4 degrees to the left of the moon pane. Remember that the span of your fist with the length of the arms is approximately 10 degrees in the night sky, while the tip of your little finger measures about 1 degree!
Despite its appearance, Spica is not a single star, but a binary system that consists of a pair of massive star bodies that orbits every four days with a separation of about 11 million miles (18 million kilometers). The combined light of these stars looks over 12,000 times brighter than our sun and, despite its remote position of 250 light years, makes Spica an outstanding feature in the night sky.
Both the moon and the Spica will appear for the spectators in the USA a little more than two hours after the sun on July 30, whereby the binary system becomes more noticeable than our parent star continues to slip below the horizon.
The moon appears near Spica in the hours after sunset on July 30th. | Credit: Sternennacht/Chris Vaughan
At that time, the mare of the moon (“Sea of Crises”) as a tiny dark oval is visible to the northeastern region of the lunar surface, with the combined expansion of mare Serenitatis (“Sea of Serosity”) and the mare tranquillitatis (“Sea of Tranquility”).
Several mare mare and prominent craters are marked in the nights before the first quarter phase. | Credit: Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images, commented by Anthony Wood
Sterngucker with access to a small telescope with an aperture of 4 inches or more can also approach the prominent Theophilus and Cyrillus crater on the northwestern bank of the mares -nectaris (“Sea of Nectar”) on July 30th.
Would you like to explore the moon surface for yourself? Then read our roundups of the best telescopes and binoculars available in 2025. While you are there, be sure to read our guide to observe the moon with a telescope or photographing the old site with a DSLR camera.
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