August 23, 2022: A slender crescent moon appears with the Gemini Twins. Brilliant Venus and Sirius are in the eastern sky before sunrise. Jupiter and Saturn are in the eastern sky after night falls.
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2022, August 22: Crescent Morning Moon, Evening Planet Duo
August 22, 2022: The crescent moon appears near Castor’s foot before sunrise. Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are in the morning sky. Jupiter joins Saturn after sunset.
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2022, August 13: Four Planet Morning Planet Parade Nears End
August 13, 2022: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, along with the moon, are nearing the end of the morning planet parade. The bright moon is near Saturn before sunrise and after sunset.
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2022, August 11: Morning Planets, Perigean Moon
August 11, 2022: The four bright planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – are along an arc from the west-southwest horizon to the east-northeast skyline. The perigean moon is near Saturn after sunset.
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2022, August 10: Morning Planet Parade, Bright Moon Nearly All Night
August 10, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – continue to parade across the morning sky. The bright moon leads Saturn and Jupiter westward during the evening hours.
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2022, August 9: Mars in Taurus, Morning Planets, Moon Approaches Saturn
August 9, 2022: Mars moves into Taurus this morning. It joins Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn in the parade of bright morning planets. After sundown, the moon approaches Saturn.
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2022, August 8: Early Perseids, Planets on Parade, Evening Steeped Moon
August 8, 2022: Before morning twilight, look for bright Perseid meteors. Four bright planets continue to parade across the sky before sunrise. After sunset, the moon is with Sagittarius.
Read more2022, August 7: Summer’s Mid-Point. Ophiuchan Moon
August 7, 2022: Summer reaches its mid-point shortly after midnight. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn parade across the morning sky. Evening’s bright gibbous moon is with Ophiuchus.
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2022, August 5: Morning Orion, Planets, Evening Moon
August 5, 2022: Bright stars including Orion appear in the eastern sky before sunrise. The four bright morning planets nearly span the sky. The moon is near Scorpius after sunset.
Read more2022, August 4: Saturn Dances with Stars, Evening Moon
August 4, 2022: Saturn dances with the stars in Capricornus. The Ringed Wonder is joined by Jupiter, Mars, and Venus before daybreak. The evening Moon is between Spica and Zubenelgenubi.
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