August 1922

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 66%
11. 2 76%
12. 3 84%
13. 4 91%
14. 5 96%
15. 6 99%
16. 7 Full
17. 8 99%
18. 9 96%
19. 10 92%
20. 11 86%
21. 12 79%
22. 13 71%
23. 14 62%
24. 15 Last qtr
25. 16 42%
26. 17 32%
27. 18 23%
28. 19 14%
29. 20 7%
30. 21 2%
31. 22 New
32. 23 1%
33. 24 5%
34. 25 11%
35. 26 20%
36. 27 30%
37. 28 41%
38. 29 First qtr
39. 30 63%
40. 31 72%

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

Events in August 1922

1. Mon, Aug 72:13 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

2. Mon, Aug 712:19 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

3. Mon, Aug 710:28 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Aug 810:14 PM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

5. Wed, Aug 98:44 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Aug 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

7. Mon, Aug 141:04 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 154:46 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Mon, Aug 218:07 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Aug 224:34 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Wed, Aug 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.

12. Wed, Aug 236:40 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Aug 253:34 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Aug 259:25 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.

15. Fri, Aug 259:53 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Aug 2510:02 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Aug 2612:27 AM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Aug 297:55 AM

    First Quarter

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

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