This weekend is a skywatcher’s joy, as the annual Shenandoah National Park’s Night Sky Festival coincides with the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower.
August is very unusual as it has 3 ‘lunations’ happening. On August 1st there is a Full SuperMoon in Aquarius, on the 16th a New Moon in Leo, and on the.
We have a Full SuperMoon in Capricorn on July 3rd, and this means that the Moon is much closer to the Earth in its orbit, will appear much bigger and brighter.