🌅 Before Sunrise (Eastern Sky)
Morning skies are especially rewarding this week.
Look for:
- Mercury low in the east
- Saturn, bright and climbing higher
- Increasing Perseid meteors
- Beautiful moon-free skies by the weekend
Best viewing:
4:00 AM – sunrise
🌍 Local Viewing Times
🇺🇸 United States
Evening
- Eastern Time: 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM
- Central Time: 8:15 PM – 10:15 PM
- Mountain Time: 7:45 PM – 9:45 PM
- Pacific Time: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Before Sunrise
4:00 AM – 5:45 AM
⭐ Best observing nights:
August 7–9
🇨🇦 Canada
Evening
- Atlantic Time: 9:05 PM – 10:55 PM
- Eastern Time: 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM
- Central Time: 8:15 PM – 10:15 PM
- Mountain Time: 7:45 PM – 9:45 PM
- Pacific Time: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Darkness now arrives noticeably earlier than it did in July.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom (BST)
Evening
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM BST
True darkness returns much earlier, making this one of the best weeks of the summer for British observers.
🇦🇺 Australia
Winter observing remains exceptional.
Evening
5:45 PM – 8:45 PM
Before Sunrise
5:15 AM – 6:45 AM
The Milky Way remains magnificent across the winter sky.