![]() ![]() Again, you will need a pair of binoculars to see the two.Ģ4 August. The Moon returns to the western evening sky as a slender crescent and lies just 1 o away from dim Mars in the fading twilight. New Moon, 09:38 UT The thin crescent Moon, Mars, and Mercury in the western evening sky on August 18, 2023.ġ8 August. The planet emerges clearly visible in the morning sky by the end of the month and remains there for the next several months.ġ6 August. In the coming days, if you have a go-to telescope and you are extremely careful not to accidentally look at the Sun, you can try during daylight hours to spot the planet’s slender crescent which spans a huge 57”. The planet appears about 7.7 o south of the Sun today but is nearly impossible to see. Venus reaches inferior conjunction as it lies between the Earth and the Sun. As you’re out in the early morning watching for meteors, see the waning crescent Moon in the eastern sky form a triangle with Castor and Pollux, the two brightest stars of Gemini.ġ3 August. Stay away from city lights, if you can, and you will be rewarded with a bright meteor every minute or two.ġ3 Aug. You get the best view after midnight on August 12 and into the morning of the 13 th. This year the Moon is a waning crescent and mostly stays out of the way for the best part of the shower. Lawrence, this meteor shower occurs as the Earth moves through a stream of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. This is the finest meteor shower of the year for northern stargazers, with 40-60 meteors per hour visible at the peak in the hours before dawn on August 13. The waning crescent Moon finds itself between the ‘horns’ of Taurus in the eastern sky before dawn.ġ2-13 August. Mars now shines at magnitude +1.8, as dim as it ever gets.ġ1 August. You will need a pair of binoculars to spot them. Look for Mercury and Mars, both tiny and low, in the western sky after sunset. The Moon is just 2 o from the Pleiades star cluster in the eastern sky as dawn arrives, with Jupiter not far away.ġ0 August. The Moon, Jupiter, and the Pleiades in the eastern early-morning sky on August 9, 2023.ĩ August. Jupiter continues to increase in size and brightness on the way to opposition. Jupiter, lagging Saturn by two zodiacal constellations this year, lies about 2 o from the last quarter Moon in the constellation Aries. ![]() The waning gibbous Moon sits about 3 o south of Saturn over the southern and southwestern horizon before dawn.Ĩ August. Full Moon, 18:23 UT (‘Full Sturgeon Moon’)ģ August. Here’s what to see in the night sky this month…ġ August 2023. But the Moon mostly gets out of the way when the reliable Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12-13. There are two full Moons this month, both about 7% larger than average. The ringed planet reaches opposition late in the month. Mars and Mercury lie low in the western sky after sunset, while Jupiter and Saturn grow bigger and brighter in the southeastern and southern sky in August. (Looking for last month’s ‘Night Sky’? Find it at this link…) The Night Sky This Month – August 2023 2012 Perseids Meteor Shower over the Snowy Range in Wyoming (credit: David Kingham) ![]()
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