Thursday August 27 to Thursday September 3

The Full Moon is Friday August 28. Saturn is rising just around 9:00 pm local time. On the 31st Saturn is near the waning Moon. Mars passes close to the star Mebsuta. In the evening, Venus becoming brighter and is coming closer to the bright star Spica, closest on the 2nd. The First Quarter Moon is Thursday August 20. North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, August 29 as seen from Adelaide at 5:15 ACST (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is above the north-western horizon. Mars is low in the east, Mars passes close to the star Mebsuta (epsilon Geminorum) between the 28th-29rd. Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise). Western sky on the evening of Wednesday, September 2 as seen from Adelaide at 19:21ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Venus is well above the horizon when the sky is fully dark. has been coming closer to to the bright star Spica and is closest on the…