The perseids, a major meteor shower, typically takes place between july 17 and august 24, with the peak days varying yearly. The star cluster of messier 30 is best observed around august. The month that we now call august was then the sixth month of the year and was known by the name sextilis, a latin word meaning sixth. when the emperor augustus caesar was in power, however, …

In the northern half of the world, august is the last month of summer.