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Calendar with astronomical events for you to observe.
Opportunities for observation for August 2015:
Here's how it looks:
►August 02, 2015 - The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (362135 km from Earth), at 10:11 GMT
►August 07, 2015 - Mercury 0.5 ° of Jupiter at 07:00 GMT.
►August 07, 2015 - Mercury 0.8 ° N Regulus at 17:25 GMT.
►August 07, 2015 - Moon at last quarter. at 02:03 GMT.
►August 8, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.7 ° S of Moon at 23:22 GMT.
►August 08, 2015 - Venus at aphelion. The planet is the farthest point from the Sun at 22:00.
►August 12, 2015 - Comet P / 2004 R1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on September 2, 2004. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.
►August 12.13, 2014 - Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are one of the best meteor showers that produce up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak hours. Radiant point is in the constellation Perseus, and the meteors originates from the tail of Swift-Tuttle Comet. Find a place away from city lights and look to the northeast after midnight.The moon will not block meteors this year and Perseids are so bright and numerous that it would be a good show.
►August 13, 2015 - Comet P / 2010 K2 (WISE) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on May 27, 2010. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.
►August 15, 2015 - Comet P / 2009 L2 (Yang Gao) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on June 15, 2009. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.
►August 14, 2015 - New Moon. Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 14:53 GMT.
►August 15, 2015 - Venus at inferior conjunction. The planet passes between Earth and the Sun, at 19:00 GMT.
►August 18, 2015 - Moon at apogee. Luna reach the farthest point from Earth (405852 km from Earth) at 2:33 GMT
►August 22, 2015 - Moon at the first quarter. at 19:31 GMT.
►August 26, 2015 - The conjunction of Uranus and the Sun. 21:00 GMT.
►August 29, 2015 - Full Moon. The earth will be between the Sun and the Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 18:35 GMT.
►August 29, 2015 - Mercury at aphelion. The planet is the farthest point from the Sun at 19:00 GMT.
►August 30, 2015 - Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (358289 km from Earth), at 15:24 GMT
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