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The astronomical night sky over Edinburgh in August
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A partial Solar eclipse, the Perseid meteor shower, a planetary parade anda selenelion Lunar eclipse grace our August sky.
Maximum will occur at 7:05 pmwith an eclipse magnitude of 0.919.
This is not the same as a stellar(apparent or absolute) magnitude in the night sky but the percentage of theSun’s surface covered by the Moon.
The Moon begins the month in Aquarius (The Water Bearer) and ends in Pisces(The Fishes) and approaches by 14,564 km.
The eclipse maximum will occur at 5:12 with an eclipse magnitude of 0.93.