August 1943

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 New
9. 2 2%
10. 3 6%
11. 4 11%
12. 5 18%
13. 6 26%
14. 7 35%
15. 8 First qtr
16. 9 56%
17. 10 66%
18. 11 77%
19. 12 86%
20. 13 93%
21. 14 98%
22. 15 Full
23. 16 99%
24. 17 95%
25. 18 88%
26. 19 80%
27. 20 71%
28. 21 60%
29. 22 Last qtr
30. 23 40%
31. 24 31%
32. 25 22%
33. 26 15%
34. 27 9%
35. 28 4%
36. 29 1%
37. 30 New
38. 31 1%

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

Events in August 1943

1. Sun, Aug 112:06 AM

   New Moon

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

2. Sun, Aug 112:15 AM

   Annular solar eclipse

   The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

3. Mon, Aug 210:52 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Aug 37:17 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

5. Thu, Aug 59:00 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 811:36 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Sun, Aug 15

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

8. Sun, Aug 153:28 PM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

9. Sun, Aug 153:34 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

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

10. Sun, Aug 2212:05 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Sun, Aug 221:11 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 237:05 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Aug 242:42 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Aug 272:07 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Aug 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

16. Sat, Aug 284:04 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Aug 2912:41 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

18. Mon, Aug 304:00 PM

    New Moon Black 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.