The glorious August sky continues to deliver beauty. Not only has this week seen the peak of the Perseids meteor shower , two planetary conjunctions, and a planetary alignment, but if you wake up early or stay up late this weekend, you’ll be able to see the Moon getting close to the Pleiades – by far the most famous open cluster of stars in the sky. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The Moon, which is at its waning quarter, will rise close to the Taurus (the bull) constellation. In particular, it will be just a handful of degrees from the Pleiades, which are near the bull’s shoulder. The Moon is rising late in the evening (depending on your time zone). In New York, for example, this is going to happen after 11 pm loca

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