Black Moon

Aug 27–28 Sky Spectacle: Dark Skies, “Black Moon” Magic & SpaceX Light Shows

Moonless “Black Moon” Nights & Meteor Sightings Late August 2025 offers especially dark nights for skywatchers. The new moon on August 23 was the third new moon in a season with four (an event sometimes nicknamed a “Black Moon”) space.com. This means no bright moonlight to outshine the stars on August 27–28. In fact, the slim crescent Moon is just beginning to reappear at sunset, only ~4–5 days old. On the evening of Aug. 26 it made a close pass by Mars in the twilight sky space.com, and on Aug. 27–28 you’ll find the young Moon still hovering low in

27 August 2025

Black Moon Sparks Cosmic Show: Meteors, Planet Parade & Auroras on Aug 24–25, 2025

The New Moon on Aug 23, 2025 at 06:06 UTC creates a rare Black Moon, and Summer 2025 features four new moons (Jun 25, Jul 23, Aug 23, Sep 21), making Aug 24–25 moonless. Perseids are active until about Aug 24 and peaked on Aug 12–13, and with the Moon gone, observers could see roughly 5 meteors per hour late at night to dawn, while peak rates with Moon interference could reach around 15 per hour. Kappa Cygnids (Aug 3–28, peak Aug 16–18) may deliver slow, bright fireballs, typically at about 3 meteors per hour at best. Northern Hemisphere observers

24 August 2025

Astronomy · Auroras · Meteor Showers · Planets · Space Events

Black Moon, Meteors & Auroras: Skywatch Alert for Aug 23–24, 2025

The Black Moon occurs when the new moon reaches Aug 23 at 06:06 UTC, making it the third of four summer 2025 new moons (June 25, July 23, Aug 23, Sept 21) and rendering a moonless sky. The Perseid meteor shower, which peaked in mid-August with up to about 100 meteors per hour under ideal conditions, is winding down by Aug 23, but a Moonless sky this weekend could yield roughly 5 meteors per hour with occasional bright fireballs. The minor Kappa Cygnids (Aug 3–28, peaking around Aug 16) remain active with at most about 3 meteors per hour at

23 August 2025

Astronomy · Auroras · Meteors · Skywatching · Space Events

Rare Black Moon Rising Aug. 23 – A Vanishing Moon Brings the Darkest Night of Summer

The August 23, 2025 Black Moon is a seasonal Black Moon, the third new moon of summer in a season that contains four new moons (June 25, July 24, Aug. 23, and Sept. 21). The last time a seasonal Black Moon with four new moons in a season occurred was May 19, 2023, and it won’t happen again until 2028. At 2:06 a.m. EDT (06:06 GMT) on Aug. 23, 2025, the Moon reaches its new moon phase, sitting about 1° north of the Sun in the constellation Leo. The Moon rises and sets with the Sun and will be virtually

20 August 2025

Astronomy · Moon Phases · Night Sky · Rare Events · Summer Phenomena

Six Planets Will Align in the Sky This Month—Here’s When and How to Watch the Rare “Planet Parade”

Sky Spectacle Alert: Rare Planet Parade Converges with a Black Moon – Here’s What to Know

In late August 2025, a six-planet parade—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will be visible in the pre-dawn sky along with a rare Black Moon. The Black Moon moment occurs around 2:06 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 23, 2025 (6:06 UTC), placing the new moon between Earth and Sun. The Black Moon itself is invisible, but its timing yields moonless, darker skies that reveal fainter stars and the Milky Way. The six-planet parade runs roughly August 17–20, 2025, peaks around August 18–19, and Mercury begins to drop from view by August 21. <li Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will be

19 August 2025

Astronomy · Moon Phases · Planetary Alignment · Rare Events · Skywatching

August 2025 Night Sky Spectacles: Rare Black Moon, Nebula Treasure, Mars in Virgo & Saturn’s Shadow Show

On August 23, 2025, the Moon undergoes a seasonal Black Moon New Moon in Virgo at 06:06 UTC, the third New Moon in a season with four. The Dumbbell Nebula, M27, in Vulpecula is a bright planetary nebula visible throughout August 2025 and was first discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. Mars in August 2025 has a brightness of about magnitude 1.6 and a disk roughly 5 arcseconds across. Mars makes a close approach to Beta Virginis (Zavijava) on August 2, 2025, passing about 8 arcminutes to the southeast. By August 24, 2025, Mars will be about 2.7° south of

10 August 2025

Astronomy · Night Sky · Planets · Space Events · Stargazing