August 1928

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 Full
12. 2 99%
13. 3 95%
14. 4 90%
15. 5 82%
16. 6 73%
17. 7 62%
18. 8 Last qtr
19. 9 39%
20. 10 28%
21. 11 19%
22. 12 11%
23. 13 5%
24. 14 1%
25. 15 New
26. 16 2%
27. 17 5%
28. 18 11%
29. 19 18%
30. 20 26%
31. 21 34%
32. 22 44%
33. 23 First qtr
34. 24 62%
35. 25 71%
36. 26 80%
37. 27 87%
38. 28 93%
39. 29 97%
40. 30 Full
41. 31 99%

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

Events in August 1928

1. Wed, Aug 111:31 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

2. Sun, Aug 56:59 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Aug 82:44 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Aug 81:24 PM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Thu, Aug 91:59 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Aug 105:54 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Aug 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.

8. Wed, Aug 158:26 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 159:49 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Wed, Aug 157:26 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

11. Wed, Aug 158:48 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Aug 1510:24 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Aug 1612:49 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

14. Thu, Aug 1610:00 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Aug 1810:15 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Aug 222:59 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

17. Thu, Aug 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

18. Thu, Aug 234:21 AM

    First Quarter

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

19. Fri, Aug 245:56 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Aug 3010:34 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonBlue Moon

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

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