August 1908

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 17%
15. 2 25%
16. 3 33%
17. 4 43%
18. 5 First qtr
19. 6 64%
20. 7 74%
21. 8 83%
22. 9 91%
23. 10 97%
24. 11 Full
25. 12 99%
26. 13 96%
27. 14 91%
28. 15 83%
29. 16 73%
30. 17 63%
31. 18 Last qtr
32. 19 42%
33. 20 32%
34. 21 23%
35. 22 16%
36. 23 9%
37. 24 5%
38. 25 2%
39. 26 New
40. 27 1%
41. 28 3%
42. 29 7%
43. 30 13%
44. 31 20%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in August 1908

1. Wed, Aug 54:40 AM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

2. Sun, Aug 97:10 AM

   Venus at its brightest

   Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

3. Sun, Aug 93:33 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Aug 1111:59 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

5. Wed, Aug 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

6. Fri, Aug 144:39 AM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Aug 158:39 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Aug 173:11 PM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

9. Tue, Aug 184:25 PM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

10. Wed, Aug 195:59 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Aug 196:49 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered

    All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Aug 209:40 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

13. Thu, Aug 207:14 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Aug 2212:43 AM

    Mars behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

15. Sat, Aug 225:14 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

16. Sat, Aug 226:43 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Aug 232:17 AM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Aug 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

19. Wed, Aug 263:56 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

20. Wed, Aug 265:53 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

21. Wed, Aug 262:39 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

22. Wed, Aug 263:44 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

23. Wed, Aug 265:59 PM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

24. Thu, Aug 278:41 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.