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The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday August 16. Mars is passing through Virgo heading towards the star Spica. Saturn is rising before midnight and is the brightest object above the eastern horizon.Venus and Jupiter are visible in the morning twilight and are drawing apart. The crescent Moon is close to Jupiter on the 20th and Venus on the 21st.

The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday August 16.The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the earth, on the 15th.

North-eastern twilight sky on the morning of evening of Wednesday, August 20 as seen from Adelaide at 05:55 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).

Venus and Jupiter are are close but drawing apart and form a triangle with Procyon and Betelgeuse. The crescent Moon is close to Jupiter. The following morning the crescent Moon is close to Venus

The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Jupiter at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).

Eastern sky on the evening of Saturday, August 16 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACST (click to embiggen).

Saturn is rising higher above the eastern horizon. The inset shows the telescopic view at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.

North-western sky on Saturday, August 16 as seen from Adelaide at 19:11 ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars close to eta Virginis and is heading towards the bright star Spica.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

Whole sky on Saturday, August 16 as seen from Adelaide at 19:11 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Mars is in the north-west.

Bright Canopus is brushing the horizon and Scorpius is at the Zenith.

The Southern Cross is sinking in the Southern sky. The moon is waning and the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming easier to see.

Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

Mercury is rising in the morning twilight.

Venus is lowering in the morning twilight moving away from Jupiter. The crescent Moon is close to Venus on the 21st.

Mars is lowering in the evening sky and passing through Virgo towards Spica.

Jupiter climbs in the morning twilight above Venus. The crescent Moon is close to Jupiter on the 20th.

Saturn is rising before midnight.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what’s up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.

Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.

Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.

Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/

Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2025/08/thursday-august-14-to-thursday-august-21.html

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