With little or no Moon to interfere with the show, this is a GREAT year for watching the Perseid meteor shower. Hooray! These meteors are leftovers from Swift-Tuttle comet and are a favorite among many skywatchers. The shower can be visible from July 17th through August 24th, and will peak overnight on August 12th at 60 sightings per hour. The Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn.
Venus begins to change from the evening star to the morning star, lasting until June 2016.
see http://cantonbecker.com/retrograde for details…
The Sun will beam down directly on the equator giving us just about equal amounts of day and night in most parts of the world.