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NEW moon occurs on August 8d. OOh. 32m.u.t., and full moon on August 23h. 12h. 03m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: August 2d. 23h., Mars 2° N.; August 4d. 16h., Venus 1° S.; August 5d. 23h., Saturn 1° S.; August 9d. 07h., Mercury 9° N.; August lld. 06h., Jupiter 4° S.; August 31d. 13h., Mars 0·9° N. In addition to the conjunctions with the moon, Venus is in conjunction with Saturn on August 22d. 04h., Venus being 0·7° S. Only one occultation of stars brighter than magnitude 6 takes place in August; ξ Tauri is occulted on August 4d. 3b. 28·9m. Mercury sets at 20h. 18m. at the beginning of the month—half an hour after sunset—and is not well placed for observation. The planet is stationary on August 5 and 29 and is in inferior conjunction on August 20. Venus is conspicuous in the eastern sky, rising at lh. llm., lh. 22m. and lh. 50m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month respectively. Mars, in the constellation of Taurus, rises at 23h. 47m., 23h. 20m,. and 22h. 54m., at the beginning, middle and end of the month respectively. Jupiter sets about 1½ hours after the sun at the beginning of August and less than three-quarters of an hour after the sun at the end of the month, and is not well placed for observation. Saturn can be seen in the early morning hours, rising at 2h. 37m. and Ch. 56m. at the beginning and end of the month. The Perseid meteors reach their maximum about August 10–12; the radiant is at R.A. 3h., dec. 45° N., close to x Persei.
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The Night Sky in August. Nature 156, 108 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156108b0
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