Saturday, Aug. 9. August’s moon is best known as the Sturgeon Moon, but Indigenous peoples also call it the Black Cherry Moon ...

With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

This August 2025 is going to be full of celestial events. First up, in early August, the full Sturgeon Moon will illuminate ...

First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...

The Sturgeon Moon is best seen from an elevated location, like an open field or an east-facing coastline with a clear view of ...

On the night of the Sturgeon Moon, the Moon will be shining close to Saturn in the southeastern sky. The Moon will then track ...

August's full moon is known as the sturgeon moon, thanks to the giant fish that were once plentiful this time of the year in the northeastern U.S.

It’s hard to beat a summer night beneath the stars, especially in August, when the shimmery Milky Way core is at its ...

The solar system’s most distant planet sits 1.1° due north of Saturn, placing them together in a single telescopic field of view all night.

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.

In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...