Autumn Skies: Planets & Phases | Portugal News

Portugal News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

This month’s sky is packed with celestial drama: catch the Autumnal Equinox on the 23rd, when day and night balance, revealing the Milky Way and Summer Triangle. Venus glows in the west after sunset, Mars joins by midnight (with the Moon on the 6th), Jupiter moves from Cancer to Leo by the 24th, and Neptune hits opposition on the 26th—brightest and closest all year. Don’t miss the Moon’s thin crescent near Jupiter on the 8th-9th, or the Beehive Cluster occultation on the 8th for early risers. Saturn rises in Pisces, then Cetus, with a lunar visit on the 27th. Meteor fans: Alpha Aurigids on…