Night sky highlights for August 2025

Check out the night sky this month, August 2025. Here are videos and links to websites highlighting the top sights to observe.

** What’s Up: August 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA | NASA JPL

What are some skywatching highlights in August 2025?

A close conjunction of Jupiter and Venus peaks on the 11th and 12th. Viewing the Perseid meteors will be hampered by a bright Moon. And look for the Dumbbell Nebula, which offers a peek into how stars like our Sun go out in style.

0:00 Intro
0:13 August planet viewing
1:17 Perseids outlook
1:43 The Dumbbell Nebula
3:07 August Moon phases

Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up/.

Moon phases during August 2025. Credits: NASA JPL

** What to see in the night sky: August 2025 | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal the best things to see in the night sky this month, including Venus and Jupiter’s close approach, Uranus’s meeting with the Pleiades, Saturn and Neptune’s nightly tango and the low-down full Moon.

** Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast – August 2025 | Sky & Telescope Youtube

Find out “what’s up” in the August sky! This month we track down four planets before dawn; have some fun with New Moons; peek at some Perseids; and gaze at the center of our galaxy. So load up on the bug juice, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

See also

An interstellar comet is traveling through our solar system, the shadow of Titan moves across Saturn and a major meteor shower peaks. Let’s take a look at what you can see in the night sky for August of 2025.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Saturn and Titan
2:45: Interstellar Comet 3I ATLAS
4:28 Perseids Meteor Shower
5:33 The Moon
6:26 The Planets
7:25 Deep Sky Challenge

** What’s in the Sky this Month | August 2025 | High Point Scientific on Youtube

In this episode of What’s in the Sky this Month, Teagan reviews some of the beautiful celestial objects you can see in August!

Read the full August 2025 Newsletter: https://www.highpointscientific.com/a...

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Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
00:33 – Nearest Neighbors
01:56 – Perseid Meteor Shower
03:16 – The Double Double
04:08 – The Ring Nebula
04:59 – Messier 22
05:46 – Albireo
06:30 – Conclusion

** Night Sky Notebook August 2025 | Peter Detterline

** August 2025 Night Sky Guide – Neil McKeown on X

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— Neill McKeown (@neill_mckeown) July 28, 2025