August 1945

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 42%
12. 2 31%
13. 3 21%
14. 4 13%
15. 5 6%
16. 6 2%
17. 7 New
18. 8 1%
19. 9 3%
20. 10 7%
21. 11 13%
22. 12 20%
23. 13 29%
24. 14 37%
25. 15 First qtr
26. 16 56%
27. 17 66%
28. 18 75%
29. 19 83%
30. 20 90%
31. 21 96%
32. 22 99%
33. 23 Full
34. 24 98%
35. 25 93%
36. 26 86%
37. 27 77%
38. 28 67%
39. 29 Last qtr
40. 30 44%
41. 31 34%

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

Events in August 1945

1. Thu, Aug 27:46 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Aug 311:38 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Aug 411:46 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Aug 57:38 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Aug 78:32 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sat, Aug 115:00 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Aug 114:52 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

8. Sat, Aug 117:17 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Aug 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

10. Wed, Aug 158:27 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Fri, Aug 171:01 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 2010:49 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

13. Tue, Aug 219:20 PM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Aug 238:03 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

15. Sat, Aug 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.

16. Wed, Aug 2911:44 PM

    Last Quarter

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

17. Thu, Aug 306:29 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Aug 319:10 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

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