Monthly sky briefing
August 2024
In August 2024, Venus was the brightest thing in the evening sky, while Jupiter led the morning. The full moon fell on 19 Aug. The Perseids peaked around 12 Aug. 8 Starlink trains went up — a well-known source of "string of lights" reports in the days after.
Bright planets
- Venusevening sky · mag -3.8
- Jupitermorning sky · mag -2.2
- Saturnmorning sky · mag +0.6
- Marsmorning sky · mag +0.8
Moon
- Full moon19 Aug
- New moon4 Aug
Meteor showers
- Perseidspeak 12 Aug
Rocket launches
8 launches · 8 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-62 Aug
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-14 Aug
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-310 Aug
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-712 Aug
Reports this monthopen 2024 on the map ↗
347most reported: orb (75), light (32), triangle (27)
Everything above is computed from public data — planet and moon positions, the launch log and the report catalogue. It doesn’t explain any single report; it just shows how much ordinary sky was overhead. What can’t be pinned to a planet, a launch or the moon is the part worth a closer look.