{"id":93920,"date":"2025-08-26T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93920\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:44:09","slug":"the-night-sky-this-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93920\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Sky This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Conjunction<\/p>\n

This week sees a conjunction between the crescent moon and Mars. <\/p>\n

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Each Monday, I pick out North America\u2019s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). Check my main feed<\/a> for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more.<\/p>\n

The Night Sky This Week: August 25-31, 2025<\/p>\n

As August comes to a close, it\u2019s a great week to see summer constellations, but also planets \u2014 including the final showing of six-planet parade<\/a>. See Mars make a quiet but graceful appearance alongside the moon on Monday evening. Then, if you\u2019re up before sunrise on the final morning of the month, you\u2019ll witness a spectacular celestial triangle formed by Venus, Jupiter and a distant star cluster. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the night sky this week:<\/p>\n

Monday, August 25: Crescent Moon And Mars<\/p>\n

Stellarium<\/p>\n

Monday, August 25: Crescent Moon And Mars<\/p>\n

Look west about 30 minutes after sunset for a beautiful pairing of an 8%-lit crescent moon and Mars. Though the red planet is currently faint, it should be easy to see close to the moon.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, August 26: Moon Between Mars and Spica<\/p>\n

Stellarium<\/p>\n

Tuesday, August 26: Moon Between Mars and Spica<\/p>\n

A now 14%-lit crescent moon will appear between Mars on its right and Spica on its left tonight. Spica, the brightest star in Virgo, sits roughly 250 light-years away. Together, the trio forms a line low in the southwest after sunset.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 27: Moon With Mars And Spica<\/p>\n

Stellarium<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 27: Moon With Mars And Spica<\/p>\n

At dusk, the moon \u2014 now 21%-lit \u2014 continues its journey past Spica and Mars in the southwest to create a planetary panorama. The moon will display subtle \u201cEarthshine\u201d \u2014 sunlight reflected off Earth\u2019s oceans and ice caps \u2014 gently illuminating the moon\u2019s night side.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 30: Moon and Antares<\/p>\n

Stellarium <\/p>\n

Saturday, August 30: Moon and Antares<\/p>\n

A now plump-looking crescent moon shines near Antares in the southwest tonight. Antares, the red heart of the constellation Scorpius, is a red supergiant roughly 550 light-years away. It\u2019s one of the largest and brightest stars visible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n

The Beehive Cluster (M44), also known as Praesepe, an open cluster group of stars that all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust.<\/p>\n

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\nSunday, August 31: Venus And The Beehive Cluster<\/p>\n

An hour before sunrise, look east to see bright Venus. Then, try spotting the faint glow of the Beehive Cluster (M44) alongside it. It\u2019s one of the closest star clusters and looks spectacular through binoculars.<\/p>\n

The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes. For the most accurate location-specific information, consult online planetariums like Stellarium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week sees a conjunction between the crescent moon and Mars. getty Each Monday, I pick out North…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1813,13755,1587,59,395,1586,13756,1591,90,46638,46640,46639,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-93920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-astronomy","9":"tag-crescent-moon","10":"tag-full-moon","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-mars","13":"tag-moon","14":"tag-new-moon","15":"tag-night-sky","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-scorpius","18":"tag-spica","19":"tag-summer-stargazing","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}