The night sky on your birthday: July 24
July 24 is day 206 of the year. Here is what the sky holds for everyone born on it — and a way to get the real sky above the exact place and hour you were born.
The Sun's constellation on July 24
On your birthday the Sun stands in front of Cancer, even though horoscopes call July 24 Leo: the zodiac signs were fixed about 2,000 years ago and the sky has drifted since (precession of the equinoxes). Because the Sun is in Cancer, that constellation is hidden in daylight on your birthday: you see it best around six months later.
Overhead at midnight on July 24
- Northern hemisphere (40°N — New York, Madrid, Beijing): Cygnus, Vulpecula, Lyra and Sagitta; brightest stars high up: Deneb (82°), Vega (73°) and Altair (59°).
- Southern hemisphere (40°S — Melbourne, Buenos Aires region, Wellington): Sagittarius, Microscopium, Indus and Corona Australis; brightest stars high up: Fomalhaut (54°), Antares (43°) and Altair (41°).
Meteor showers around July 24
No major annual meteor shower is active on this date — the sky is all stars and planets.
The Moon on your next birthday
On the evening of July 24, 2027 the Moon will be waning gibbous (68% lit).
The exact sky of the night you were born
These are averages for a latitude. Your own sky depends on the city, the year and the hour: Firmament draws the real stars, constellations, Moon and planets above your birthplace at your birth time, as a print-ready A3 poster — $4.99, delivered instantly as a PDF.
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