Sky Highlights:
Month: August

2 The moon passes 0.008° south of Pallas, 1 p.m. EDT
3 Asteroid Metis is at opposition, 6 a.m. EDT
Mercury passes 7° south of Pollux, 6 p.m. EDT
6 Venus passes 1.1° north of Regulus, 3 a.m. EDT
First quarter moon is at 9:02 p.m. EDT
10 Mercury passes 0.09° south of Mars, 9 a.m. EDT
11 Uranus is at opposition, 1 a.m. EDT
The moon is at apogee (252,060 miles from Earth), 6:25 p.m. EDT
12 Asteroid Juno is at opposition, 4 a.m. EDT
Perseid meteor shower peaks
13 The moon passes 1.1° south of Neptune, 1 p.m. EDT
14 The moon passes 1.4° south of Uranus, 4 p.m. EDT
15 Full moon is at 1:13 a.m. EDT
21 Mercury is in superior conjunction, 9 p.m. EDT
22 Last quarter moon is at 2:51 p.m. EDT
The moon passes 2° south of Saturn, 3 p.m. EDT
23 The moon passes 3° south of Jupiter, 6 a.m. EDT
27 The moon is at perigee (224,878 miles from Earth), 9:59 a.m. EDT
The moon passes 0.9° north of Mars, 11 p.m. EDT
29 New moon is at 6:19 a.m. EDT
30 The moon passes 4° north of Venus, 7 p.m. EDT