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Various astronomical "shadow events" occur throughout the Solar System!  This month's more interesting ones are featured here.

SHADOW WORKS

Here we highlight (and set up) the most awe-inspiring eclipses taking place in our Solar System, so that all you need to do is click on their links.  Don't forget that you can generate lists of Earth's, Jupiter's, Saturn's, Uranus's, Neptune's and even Pluto's eclipses, using CELESTIA's own built-in "Eclipse Finder."  You'll find it in the program's menu under "Navigation".

All events listed below are displayed as if viewed from Earth, their magnifications shown in parentheses at the lower right of CELESTIA's window.  Events involving more than one moon are often cyclical, so usually only the first example is given, and then the period of the cycle.

JUPITER

Simultaneous solar eclipses on Jupiter are again a "no show" in July.  Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto—the "Galilean" moons—remain "spread out" in their orbits this month.  So the highlights of the 33 solar eclipses they produce are less spectacular than those in other months.  Notice that Jupiter's shadow still stretches off to the west (right on your screen,) and examples of the Galileans moving in and out of it are also included.

• July 1: Ganymede casting its shadow, Io passes it to the west (left) of Jupiter in a cycle repeating about every 7 days;    (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 1: (zoomed out) after Ganymede casts its shadow, Callisto moves through Jupiter's shadow, emerging just after Io starts casting its shadow; Europa appears at left and casts its shadow as Callisto "glides" over Jupiter  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 2: having cast its own shadow hours before, Europa passes Io before Io enters Jupiter's shadow; this cycle repeats about every 3½ days;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 4: having cast its own shadow hours before, now it is Io passing Europa before Europa enters Jupiter's shadow; this cycle also repeats about every 3½ days;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 5: before it casts its shadow in Jupiter, Io passes Ganymede in a cycle that repeats about every 7 days;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 10: Callisto is casting its shadow progressivley more to the south on Jupiter's southern hemisphere about every 17 days;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1).  Keep watching as Io appears and overtakes Callisto, and then both pass Europa.
• July 27: before it casts its shadow in Jupiter, Europa overtakes Callisto, the two later passing Io;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 29: after Ganymede casts its shadow on Jupiter, Io does the same;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)

SATURN

While CELESTIA 1.6.x shows the shadows of Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione and Tethys, version 1.4.1 displays only the shadows of Titan, Rhea & Iapetus.  So, 1.6.x and 1.4.1 respectively show 33 and 6 solar eclipses on Saturn in July.  The highlights are as follows:

• July 1: Tethys casts its shadow on Saturn, as it currently does about every 2 days;  (1.6.x only)
• July 2: Dione casts its shadow on Saturn, as it currently does about every 2¾ days;  (1.6.x)
• July 5: Rhea and Dione cast their shadows on Saturn simultaneously (though 1.41 only shows Rhea's shadow); Rhea will continue to cast its shadow about every 4½ days;  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)
• July 18: Rhea and Tethys cast their shadows on Saturn simultaneously (though 1.41 only shows Rhea's shadow);  (1.6.x)   (1.4.1)

URANUS, NEPTUNE & Dwarf Planet PLUTO

Neither Uranus nor Neptune will experience eclipses for decades.  Dwarf planet Pluto will experience no eclipses by Charon for about a century!