Overview

• On the evening of August 3, the waxing crescent moon will appear directly beneath red supergiant star Antares at dusk, creating a striking naked-eye pairing.
• The Sturgeon Moon reaches its full phase on August 8–9, casting an orange glow over the eastern horizon as August’s named full moon.
• Venus and Jupiter converge to within one degree on August 11–12, offering a rare pre-dawn planetary conjunction above the east-northeast horizon.
• The Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight on August 12–13 under an 84% full moon, cutting visible meteor rates to mainly the brightest streaks.
• A six-planet parade unfolds before sunrise August 10–20; a moonless window from August 16–26 and the Black Moon on August 23 pave the way for deep-sky Milky Way observations.