The month of August is filled with remarkable celestial events that Pastor Troy Brewer highlights in his latest edition of Heavenly Happenings.
On August 9, skywatchers can look forward to the big full moon. Brewer explained, “Remember the big full moon nights are not the night that you want to go out to see all the stars. It’s the night that you want to go out to see the full moon. And that’s going to happen on August 9th.”
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Later in the month, on August 23, the new moon will arrive, signaling what Brewer calls the true beginning of the lunar cycle. He noted, “A lot of folks don’t know what a new moon is. It’s actually the new beginning of the solar cycle and it is not when the moon is full. It’s actually when you can’t see it at all.” He went on to connect this with the Hebrew calendar: “For us a day starts whenever the sun comes up. For them it’s exactly opposite. The sun going down is when the day begins. And by the way, that was God’s design.”
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Brewer drew spiritual encouragement from this biblical pattern: “God likes to start off with building momentum for hope. He always wants to make sure that the worst thing is never the last thing. I just love that about King Jesus.”
Another highlight this month is the close appearance of Venus and Jupiter in the night sky. Brewer described, “On this date, you can go outside and what you can actually see is you can see Jupiter, you can see Venus together and they’re right there by each other and they’re just beautiful. So, you will be looking like just after sundown or just before sunrise on the 9th.”
In addition to the moon and planetary events, the Perseid meteor shower will continue to light up the skies this month. As reported by Space.com, “The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. The shower is active from mid-July until late August and will peak on the night of Aug. 12, before dawn on Aug. 13, 2025.”
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Observers are encouraged to start watching around 11 p.m. local time, though the report notes that “the peak occurs just three days after a full moon, so moonlight may wash out fainter meteors.”
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
