29.2 day old moon
0.2 percent lit
The skies will be dark for fireworks.
July 3, 2016
By Chris Pagan
Sunday: (click here) Tomorrow is Independence Day and we start the day with the new moon. Without the moon in the sky, it will be easier to enjoy the fireworks. Also tomorrow Earth reaches aphelion in its orbit around the sun. Now before you read on, does this mean we are at our closest or farthest from the sun? Well, for the northern hemisphere, summer occurs when Earth is farthest from the sun. Seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth’s axis and not our distance from the sun. Tomorrow, Earth is more than 94.5 million miles from the sun.....
