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The Moon will appear full for about three days from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning.

On Wednesday, August 11, 2022, the day of the full moon, morning twilight will begin at 5:14 a.m.

By Saturday, September 10, the day of the full moon after next, morning twilight will begin at 5:46 a.m., sunrise will be at 6:45 AM, solar noon will be at 1:05:11 p.m.

According to the International Meteor Organization, the Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak late Friday night into early Saturday morning, August 12 to 13, 2022.

On the evening of Thursday, August 11, 2022, the day of the full moon, as evening twilight ends at 9:11 p.m.

EDT, the rising Moon will appear 7 degrees above the east-southeastern horizon with the planet Saturn 6 degrees to the upper left of the Moon.

Through much of August the planet Mercury will set just a few minutes before evening twilight ends but will be shifting to the left along the horizon farther from the Sun.

Jupiter will appear to the left of the Moon less than 3 degrees above the eastern horizon.

On the morning of Thursday, August 11, 2022, the day of the full moon, as morning twilight begins at 5:14 a.m.

By the morning of Saturday, September 10, the day of the full moon after next, as morning twilight begins at 5:46 a.m.

EDT, only two of the five visible planets will appear in the sky, with Jupiter at 29 degrees above the west-southwestern horizon and Mars at 70 degrees above the south-southeastern horizon near the bright star Aldebaran.

Saturday morning, August 6, 2022, low on the east-northeastern horizon, the bright star Pollux will appear 6.5 degrees to the upper left of the bright planet, Venus.

Venus will rise (at 4:32 a.m. EDT) about a half-hour before morning twilight begins and will be 6 degrees above the east-northeastern horizon as twilight begins at 5:09 a.m.

Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, August 6 to 7, 2022, the bright star Antares will appear about 6 degrees to the left of the waxing gibbous moon.

The Moon will appear full for about three days from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning.

The planet Saturn, nearly at its brightest for the year, will appear above the Moon Thursday night into Friday morning, August 11 to 12, 2022, shifting from the upper left to the upper right as the night progresses.

The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak late Friday night into early Saturday morning, August 12 to 13, 2022.

On Sunday night into Monday morning, August 14 to 15, 2022, Jupiter will appear to the left of the waning gibbous moon.

with Jupiter about 4 degrees above the Moon, and morning twilight will begin a little more than an hour later at 5:19 a.m.

Venus will appear about 4 degrees above the east-northeastern horizon as morning twilight begins at 5:21 a.m.

Friday morning, August 19, 2022, the half-full waning moon will appear near Mars and the Pleiades star cluster.

By the time morning twilight begins at 5:23 a.m., the Moon will appear nearly between Mars and the Pleiades, with the Pleiades to the upper left and Mars to the lower right.

Mars and the Pleiades will appear at their closest the next morning, Saturday, August 20, about 6 degrees apart.

Saturday morning, August 20, 2022, the bright star Aldebaran will appear about 8 degrees to the lower right of the waning crescent moon.

Tuesday morning, August 23, 2022, the bright star Pollux will appear about 8 degrees to the lower left of the waning crescent moon.

By Wednesday morning, August 24, 2022, the Moon will appear below the bright star Pollux.

Thursday morning, August 25, 2022, the bright planet Venus will appear about 8 degrees below the thin, waning crescent moon.

Friday morning, August 26, 2022, you might be able to see the thin, waning crescent moon about 7 degrees to the lower left of Venus.

The Moon will rise to join Venus above the east-northeastern horizon right around the time morning twilight begins at 5:31 a.m.

Because the angle of the line between the Sun and Mercury and the horizon changes with the seasons, when Mercury and the Sun appear farthest apart as seen from Earth is not the same as when Mercury is easiest to spot in the glow of dusk shortly before evening twilight ends.

For about 20 minutes on Monday evening, August 29, 2022, you might be able to see Mercury below the thin, waxing crescent moon.

On Tuesday evening, August 30, 2022, the bright star Spica will appear about 5 degrees to the left of the thin, waxing crescent moon.

The Moon will appear 9 degrees above the west-southwestern horizon as evening twilight ends at 8:41 p.m.

On Saturday afternoon, September 3, 2022, the Moon will appear half-full as it reaches its first quarter at 2:08 p.m.

On Saturday evening, the bright star Antares will appear about 6 degrees to the lower right of the half moon.

The Moon will be 22 degrees above the south-southwestern horizon as evening twilight ends at 8:35 p.m.

Late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, September 6 to 7, 2022, will be when Mars and the bright star Aldebaran appear near each other, a little more than 4 degrees apart.

Mars will be 69 degrees above the southeastern horizon as morning twilight begins on Wednesday morning at 5:43 a.m.

On Wednesday night into Thursday morning, September 7 to 8, 2022, Saturn will appear above the waxing gibbous Moon.

Saturn will be about 9 degrees to the upper left of the Moon as evening twilight ends (Wednesday at 8:28 p.m. EDT).

The full moon after next will be on Saturday morning, September 10, 2022, at 5:59 a.m.

The Moon will appear full for about three days from Thursday evening to Sunday morning.