Aster and the Black Moon
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August/September 1996
By Fred Schaaf
2 Moon fairly near Saturn tonight and tomorrow night.
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3 In 1970 a gust of 161 mph was measured from Hurricane Celia in Corpus Christi, Texas
6 LAST QUARTER MOON, 1:26 A.M. EDT.
7 Halfway point of summer.
8 Moon near star Aldebaran this morning (look in east about 5:15 A.M. EDT).
10 Begin looking for Perseid meteors from the northeast this evening, and into the predawn hours (see August 11); moon near Venus and Mars in east before dawn.
11 Peak of the Perseid meteors tonight (see text of column for more details); end of the Dog Days (according to one tradition about when they occur).
12 Victory Day (in Rhode Island); look for more Perseid meteors tonight.
13 Venus near Beehive star cluster (use binoculars) this morning and next—look for Venus as brightest point of light in east around 5 A.M. EDT.
14 NEW MOON, 3:55 A.M. EDT.
16 Bennington Battle Day (in Vermont).
17 Mars, not far from brilliant Venus, is at its dimmest; extremely low barometric pressure of 26.73 inches recorded before Hurricane Camille hit Mississippi this day in 1969.
19 Venus at greatest morning elongation from the sun (46 degrees) — but looks more exactly half-lit in telescopes a few days later.
21 FIRST QUARTER MOON, 11:38 P.M. EDT; Mercury at greatest evening elongation but hardly visible.
22 Sun enters the astrological sign Virgo.
26 Women's Equality Day; spring begins in the northern hemisphere — of Mars.
28 FULL MOON, 1:53 P.M. EDT — sturgeon moon, green corn moon, or grain moon.
30 Mars 6 degrees (a bit more than half your fist's width out at arm's length) south of Gemini star Pollux this morning — with Venus not far off; moon near Saturn tonight.
September
1 Venus 9 degrees south of Pollux, with Mars not far off (look in east about 5:45 A.M. EDT).
2 LABOR DAY; temperature hit 126 °F. in Mecca, California, in 1950.
3 Jupiter begins its usual (slow) eastward motion among the stars agains — it is the brilliant point of light in the south near the top of the teapot pattern of Sagittarius at nightfall (a telescope shows a beautiful starry background, and the globular star duster M22 nearby).
4 LAST QUARTER MOON, 3:07 P.M. EDT; brilliant Venus 3 degrees south of much dimmer Mars with stars Pollux and Castor not far above them — beautiful sight, in east about 5:45 A.M. EDT.
6 This morning and next, a nearly perfect lineup (from lower right to upper left) of brilliant Venus, much dimmer Mars, and the stars Pollux and Castor (both a bit brighter than Mars).
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