August 1924

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 1%
14. 2 4%
15. 3 8%
16. 4 15%
17. 5 24%
18. 6 34%
19. 7 First qtr
20. 8 56%
21. 9 67%
22. 10 78%
23. 11 87%
24. 12 94%
25. 13 98%
26. 14 Full
27. 15 99%
28. 16 96%
29. 17 91%
30. 18 84%
31. 19 75%
32. 20 66%
33. 21 57%
34. 22 Last qtr
35. 23 38%
36. 24 29%
37. 25 21%
38. 26 14%
39. 27 7%
40. 28 3%
41. 29 1%
42. 30 New
43. 31 2%

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

Events in August 1924

1. Fri, Aug 11:36 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Aug 25:52 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Aug 44:13 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

4. Wed, Aug 63:52 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Aug 711:41 PM

   First Quarter

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

6. Sat, Aug 95:20 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Aug 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.

8. Wed, Aug 1312:15 AM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

9. Thu, Aug 144:19 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

10. Thu, Aug 144:20 PM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

11. Fri, Aug 155:48 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

12. Sat, Aug 166:28 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Aug 225:10 AM

    Last Quarter

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

14. Sat, Aug 2312:57 PM

    Mars at opposition

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

15. Sat, Aug 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

16. Tue, Aug 267:41 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Aug 2810:57 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Aug 304:22 AM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

19. Sat, Aug 304:37 AM

    New Moon

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

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