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Venus-Jupiter Conjunction and Meteor Mojo Venus and Jupiter shine together in a rare, close morning conjunction this August.
August 2025 brings the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, a Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12 and the peak of the Perseid ...
August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.
August 2025 promises to be a remarkable month for skywatchers. According to Forbes, the night sky is filled with ...
The incredibly powerful Aquarius Full Moon on August 9, 2025 affects each zodiac sign in a big way this week. First, the ...
In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...
A trio of astronomical events will take place within a single week this month, including a well-known meteor shower.
On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a conjunction, where two objects share the same right ascension or celestial longitude.
August’s full moon, known as the Sturgeon Moon, rises on Saturday night, glowing low in the southeast shortly after sunset.
Water signs will benefit the most this week, though mutable signs will also embrace this period since Mars is finally in a ...
Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, ...
Venus will appear very close to a crescent moon in the southwestern sky -- a conjunction -- shortly after sunset Saturday evening in Colorado and will be visible with the naked eye.