August 1938

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 36%
10. 2 First qtr
11. 3 56%
12. 4 65%
13. 5 74%
14. 6 82%
15. 7 89%
16. 8 94%
17. 9 98%
18. 10 100%
19. 11 Full
20. 12 98%
21. 13 94%
22. 14 89%
23. 15 82%
24. 16 73%
25. 17 63%
26. 18 Last qtr
27. 19 41%
28. 20 30%
29. 21 20%
30. 22 11%
31. 23 5%
32. 24 1%
33. 25 New
34. 26 2%
35. 27 7%
36. 28 13%
37. 29 21%
38. 30 30%
39. 31 40%

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

Events in August 1938

1. Tue, Aug 210:00 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Aug 7

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

3. Thu, Aug 111:57 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

4. Thu, Aug 183:26 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Aug 184:30 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sat, Aug 208:09 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

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

7. Tue, Aug 23

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.

8. Thu, Aug 257:17 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Thu, Aug 253:39 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Aug 284:49 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

11. Sun, Aug 286:35 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

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