Overview

• The Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaked between July 29 and 31, producing as many as 25 meteors per hour from midnight to dawn under dark skies.
• Fragments from comet 96P Machholz fuel the Delta Aquariids, which will remain active into early August with best views after the thin crescent Moon sets.
• The August full Moon, known as the Sturgeon Moon, reaches peak illumination on August 9 and draws its name from indigenous North American fishing calendars.
• An early-morning alignment of six planets and the Moon will be visible in early August, highlighted by a Venus–Jupiter conjunction on August 12.
• The Perseid meteor shower will reach its maximum on the nights of August 12–13 with rates up to 100 meteors per hour in dark skies, and a supermoon at perigee will occur on August 29.