Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Thursday August 15 to Thursday August 22
The Full Moon is Tuesday, August 20. Mercury is lost in the twilight.Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight. Saturn enters the evening sky around 8:00 pm, and is now a decent telescopic object in the late evening. The Moon is close to Saturn on the 21st. Mars and Jupiter start the week spectacularly close on the 15th, and then draw apart but remain close for the rest of the week.
The Full Moon is Tuesday, August 20. the Moon is at perigee, when it is closest the Earth, on the 21st.
Mercury is no longer visible. Venus is readily visible now and climbing higher in the twilight.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the twilight.
Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight.
Mars is rising in the morning sky and starts the week spectacularly close to Jupiter on the 15th.Then the pair separate.
Jupiter is rising in the the morning twilight sky. Jupiter is below the red star Aldebaran and is spectacularly close to Mars on the 15th.
Saturn climbs higher in the late evening sky and the Moon is close to Saturn on the 21st.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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