Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Thursday August 7 to Thursday August 14
The Full Moon is Saturday August 9. Mars is passing through Virgo heading towards the star Spica. Saturn is rising before midnight and is close to the waning Moon on the 12th.Venus and Jupiter are visible in the morning twilight and are drawing closer. The pair are exceptionally close on the 12th and 13th and form a triangle with Procyon and Betelgeuse.
The Full Moon is Saturday August 9.
Venus and Jupiter are are exceptionally close and form a triangle with Procyon and Betelgeuse.
The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Jupiter at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the evening twilight.
Venus is lowering in the morning twilight coming closer to Jupiter. The pair are exceptionally close on the 12th and 13th and form a triangle with Procyon and Betelgeuse.
Mars is lowering in the evening sky and paasing through Virgo towards Spica.
Jupiter climbs in the morning twilight below Venus. The pair are exceptionally close on the 12th and 13th and form a triangle with Procyon and Betelgeuse.
Saturn is lowering in the morning sky and is rising before midnight. It is close to the waxing Moon on the 12th
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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