August 1944

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 89%
11. 2 95%
12. 3 99%
13. 4 Full
14. 5 98%
15. 6 93%
16. 7 86%
17. 8 77%
18. 9 66%
19. 10 Last qtr
20. 11 44%
21. 12 34%
22. 13 24%
23. 14 16%
24. 15 9%
25. 16 4%
26. 17 1%
27. 18 New
28. 19 1%
29. 20 3%
30. 21 7%
31. 22 13%
32. 23 20%
33. 24 28%
34. 25 37%
35. 26 First qtr
36. 27 57%
37. 28 67%
38. 29 77%
39. 30 86%
40. 31 93%

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

Events in August 1944

1. Fri, Aug 48:26 AM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

2. Fri, Aug 48:39 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

3. Sat, Aug 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.

4. Thu, Aug 1010:43 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Thu, Aug 1010:52 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sat, Aug 126:29 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Aug 131:32 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Aug 143:57 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Aug 184:25 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Sat, Aug 1911:29 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Aug 1911:59 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Aug 201:05 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Aug 208:22 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Aug 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

15. Mon, Aug 213:46 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Aug 214:57 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

17. Mon, Aug 217:14 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Aug 267:39 PM

    First Quarter

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

19. Thu, Aug 312:28 AM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

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