Monthly sky briefing
August 2025
In August 2025, Venus led the morning sky, with no bright planet well-placed after sunset. The full moon fell on 9 Aug. The Perseids peaked around 12 Aug. 9 Starlink trains went up — a well-known source of "string of lights" reports in the days after.
Bright planets
- Venusmorning sky · mag -3.9
- Jupitermorning sky · mag -1.9
- Saturnmorning sky · mag +0.6
- Marsevening sky · mag +1.6
Moon
- Full moon9 Aug
- New moon23 Aug
Meteor showers
- Perseidspeak 12 Aug
Rocket launches
9 launches · 9 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-304 Aug
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-414 Aug
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-2014 Aug
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-518 Aug
Reports this monthopen 2025 on the map ↗
261most reported: orb (40), light (34), triangle (16)
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.