July 30 New Moon

August 6 First Quarter and Farpoint Open House

August 10 Bright star occultation (see Extras, below)

August 13 Full Moon (the “Grain Moon”, or “Green Corn Moon”)

August 21 Last Quarter

August 28 New Moon

*Venus – not visible in August (behind Sun) Evening Sky: * Saturn – western sky, early evening Morning Sky: * Mercury – emerges from dawn sunglow about August 27 * Jupiter – rises about 10 pm * Mars – rises about 1-2 am ===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during August ===== North to South, at about 10 pm: * Ursa Minor, the little bear (Polaris, the north star, at end of little dipper's handle) * Draco, the dragon * Lyra, the lyre/harp (directly overhead; the bright blue star is Vega) * Hercules, the warrior (just to Lyra's east) * Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer * Aquila, the eagle * Scutum, the shield * Sagittarius**, the archer (look for the teapot shape, low in the south)