Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of July 1, 1867, the effective date of the Constitution Act, 1867 (then called the British North America Act, […]
Thomas Harriot was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator who made advances within the scientific field. Thomas Harriot was recognized for his contributions in astronomy, mathematics, and navigational techniques. Harriot worked closely with John White to create advanced […]
Earth will be at the farthest point in its orbit around the Sun on this date - 94,510,886 miles.
Independence Day is a U.S. federal holiday commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776.
Mars Pathfinder was launched December 4, 1996 and landed on Mars' Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997.
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
The planet Mercury is a Perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on July 23rd.
Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to perigee, the Moon’s closest point to Earth in its orbit – then 2 weeks later, to apogee, its most distant point from Earth.
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996) is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century,
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.