August 1936

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 97%
15. 2 Full
16. 3 100%
17. 4 97%
18. 5 92%
19. 6 84%
20. 7 75%
21. 8 64%
22. 9 Last qtr
23. 10 41%
24. 11 30%
25. 12 21%
26. 13 13%
27. 14 7%
28. 15 2%
29. 16 New
30. 17 0%
31. 18 3%
32. 19 6%
33. 20 12%
34. 21 19%
35. 22 27%
36. 23 35%
37. 24 45%
38. 25 First qtr
39. 26 64%
40. 27 73%
41. 28 82%
42. 29 89%
43. 30 95%
44. 31 99%

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

Events in August 1936

1. Sat, Aug 112:49 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Aug 211:47 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

3. Thu, Aug 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.

4. Sun, Aug 94:18 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Aug 94:59 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sat, Aug 158:27 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Aug 1611:21 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Mon, Aug 176:16 AM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

9. Mon, Aug 177:26 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Aug 1810:02 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Aug 184:52 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Aug 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

13. Sun, Aug 237:45 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Aug 251:49 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Wed, Aug 263:37 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

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