The New Moon is Wednesday, August 16. Saturn is now rising round 7:00 pm native time. Jupiter is distinguished within the morning sky. Venus is misplaced within the twilight. Mercury is now distinguished within the twilight and is at its closest to Mars between the tenth and the sixteenth.
The New Moon is Wednesday, August 16. The Moon is at apogee, when it’s furthest from the Earth, on the sixteenth.
Night
sky on Saturday, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 21:00 ACST, Saturn is above the jap horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn at the moment.
Related views will probably be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time.
Morning sky on Saturday, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 05:34 ACST, (90 minutes earlier than dawn, click on to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon close to the Hyades and Pleiades. The skinny crescent Moon is low to the horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter at the moment.
Related views will probably be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal native time (90 minutes earlier than dawn).
Night sky on Saturday, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 18:38 ACST, 60 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Venus is misplaced within the twilight. Mercury is closing in on Mars. The inset is the telescopic view of Mercury at the moment.
Related views will probably be seen from the remainder of Australia on the equal
native time (45 minutes after sundown).
Complete sky on Saturday, August 12 as seen from Adelaide at 19:03 ACST, 90 minutes after sundown (click on
to embiggen). Mars is seen low above the north western horizon near Mercury. Saturn is simply rising within the east.
Between the brilliant star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are one other wealth of binocular objects to
uncover.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see the same view on the equal time (90 minutes after sundown).
Mercury is now distinguished within the twilight and comes nearer to Mars.
Venus is misplaced within the twilight.
Mars is dimming, Mercury is coming nearer for a gathering later within the month.
Jupiter is distinguished within the morning sky.
Saturn is now rising round 7:00 pm native time.
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