first-quarter Moon is close to Antares, a red supergiant star, just about the reddest star in the night sky
Date
Aug 11
Event
Full Sturgeon Moon, 9:36 pm EDT
Date
Aug 12
Event
Earth enters a stream of dust particles shed by Comet Tempel-Tuttle, resulting in the Perseid meteor shower
Date
Aug 14
Event
Saturn at opposition, exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, which means that it rises at sunset and sets at sunrise, can be seen due south at 1 am in mid August
Date
Aug 24
Event
between 5:38 and 5:44 am in NYC, the International Space Station passes nearly overhead, traveling West to East
Date
Aug 27
Event
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (27 degrees), appearing straight west 30-60 minutes after sunset, quite low to the horizon, near the young crescent Moon on Aug 30
