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nearly five seconds of arc in a telescope as it slowly brightens and grows larger. On the 11th, look for Mercury near a wafer-thin moon low over the east and northeastern horizon before sunrise. August 12th, we have the new moon occurring at 1737 at a universal time. That is significant. August 12th, a total solar eclipse falls over the Arctic over a portion of Greenland and Iceland and down into Spain and the Mediterranean. Much of Europe and Canada will see a little bit of a glimpse on during the event. Time and date.com has timing and maps for the event.