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Fri, 27 Jul 2018
01:07 EDT
Mars at opposition

© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER

Wed, 08 Aug 2018
22:00 EDT
Mercury at inferior solar conjunction

© Jacek Halicki 2016. Perseid meteor seen in 2016 from Poland.

Sun, 12 Aug 2018
Perseid meteor shower

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

Tue, 14 Aug 2018
M15 is well placed

© NASA/Ricardo Nunes

Wed, 15 Aug 2018
01:09 EDT
Venus at dichotomy

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

Wed, 15 Aug 2018
M2 is well placed

© NASA/Ricardo Nunes

Fri, 17 Aug 2018
03:58 EDT
Venus at greatest elongation east

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

Fri, 17 Aug 2018
06:39 EDT
Conjunction 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.

Fri, 17 Aug 2018
09:14 EDT
Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

Sat, 18 Aug 2018
03:50 EDT
Moon at First Quarter

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

Tue, 21 Aug 2018
05:53 EDT
Close approach of the Moon and Saturn

Fri, 24 Aug 2018
00:32 EDT
The Moon at aphelion

© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER

Sun, 26 Aug 2018
17:48 EDT
Mercury at greatest elongation west

© NASA/Voyager 2

Fri, 07 Sep 2018
14:13 EDT
Neptune at opposition

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The sky on 18 August 2018
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
20:00
Twilight ends
21:39
Twilight begins
04:46

7-day old moon
Waxing Crescent

48%

7 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:21 12:13 19:05
Venus 10:17 16:00 21:44
Moon 14:19 19:29 00:02
Mars 19:01 23:29 04:02
Jupiter 13:02 18:13 23:24
Saturn 16:47 21:31 02:19
All times shown in EDT.

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77.49°W
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