August 1916

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 6%
11. 2 12%
12. 3 19%
13. 4 28%
14. 5 38%
15. 6 First qtr
16. 7 59%
17. 8 70%
18. 9 80%
19. 10 89%
20. 11 95%
21. 12 99%
22. 13 Full
23. 14 98%
24. 15 93%
25. 16 86%
26. 17 78%
27. 18 68%
28. 19 58%
29. 20 Last qtr
30. 21 39%
31. 22 30%
32. 23 21%
33. 24 14%
34. 25 8%
35. 26 4%
36. 27 1%
37. 28 New
38. 29 1%
39. 30 4%
40. 31 9%

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

Events in August 1916

1. Sun, Aug 64:05 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Aug 611:38 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

3. Thu, Aug 1012:32 PM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

4. Sat, Aug 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.

5. Sun, Aug 132:35 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 137:00 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

7. Sun, Aug 207:53 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Thu, Aug 24

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

9. Fri, Aug 255:19 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Aug 259:30 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

11. Fri, Aug 259:31 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 2812:24 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Wed, Aug 304:50 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

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