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The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Wed, 30 Aug 2017
10:51 EDT
Close approach of the Moon and Saturn

Tue, 29 Aug 2017
04:14 EDT
Moon at First Quarter

© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER

Sat, 26 Aug 2017
16:36 EDT
Mercury at inferior solar conjunction

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Sat, 26 Aug 2017
09:06 EDT
Conjunction of the Moon and Haumea

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Fri, 25 Aug 2017
11:13 EDT
Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Thu, 24 Aug 2017
22:16 EDT
Conjunction of the Moon and Makemake

Wed, 23 Aug 2017
15:40 EDT
The Moon at perihelion

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Tue, 22 Aug 2017
01:58 EDT
Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

Mon, 21 Aug 2017
14:31 EDT
New Moon

© Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar. Image taken in July 2009.

Mon, 21 Aug 2017
14:26 EDT
Total solar eclipse

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Sat, 19 Aug 2017
00:45 EDT
Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Sat, 19 Aug 2017
00:26 EDT
Close approach of the Moon and Venus

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Fri, 18 Aug 2017
16:06 EDT
Conjunction of the Moon and Ceres

Fri, 18 Aug 2017
09:19 EDT
The Moon at perigee

Mon, 14 Aug 2017
21:16 EDT
Moon at Last Quarter

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Sun, 13 Aug 2017
M2 is well placed

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Sun, 13 Aug 2017
01:03 EDT
Conjunction of the Moon and Eris

An artistic depiction of the Leonid meteor storm seen over North America on the night of November 12-13, 1833, Edmund Weiss

Sat, 12 Aug 2017
Perseid meteor shower

© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

Sat, 12 Aug 2017
M15 is well placed

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Sat, 12 Aug 2017
11:42 EDT
Conjunction of Venus and Ceres

The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.

Wed, 09 Aug 2017
19:06 EDT
Close approach of the Moon and Neptune

© Collin Grady from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mon, 07 Aug 2017
14:21 EDT
Partial lunar eclipse

Mon, 07 Aug 2017
14:12 EDT
Full Moon

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The sky on 17 August 2017
Sunrise 06:24
Sunset 20:01
Twilight ends
21:40
Twilight begins
04:45

25-day old moon
Age of Moon
25 days

All times shown in EDT.
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:51 14:05 20:19
Venus 03:32 10:49 18:06
Moon 02:08 09:16 16:24
Mars 05:48 12:47 19:46
Jupiter 10:55 16:37 22:19
Saturn 15:57 20:44 01:35

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