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According to the US space web site, when the moon reaches its closest point to Earth's orbit, it is commonly referred to as the "giant moon" because it looks a little bigger and brighter than usual due to its proximity to the Earth. The facts will not be visible in the night sky.
The scientific explanation of this phenomenon is that a new moon occurs about every 29.5 days when the moon is between the sun and the Earth, and that the two bodies share the same celestial longitude, an alignment also called synchronization , and face the illuminated side of the moon, the new moons are not visible. For observers in the field.
The only exception is when the moon passes directly in front of the sun, causing a solar eclipse, but this will not happen this time.
Regarding the planets visible in the sky at that time, in the afternoon of August 30 in the morning, observers of the sky in the northern hemisphere will see Saturn in the western sky, in the constellation of the Arc.
The other planets will become visible in the evening before midnight and will be able to observe Jupiter in the west of Saturn in the constellation Ophiuchus and northeast of the bright star Antares in the heart of the constellation Scorpio.
The other planets "in the naked eye" will not be visible on the night of the new moon, and Mercury and Venus will be very close to the Sun.
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