August 1946

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 20%
13. 2 29%
14. 3 39%
15. 4 First qtr
16. 5 58%
17. 6 67%
18. 7 75%
19. 8 83%
20. 9 90%
21. 10 95%
22. 11 98%
23. 12 Full
24. 13 99%
25. 14 97%
26. 15 92%
27. 16 85%
28. 17 76%
29. 18 66%
30. 19 Last qtr
31. 20 43%
32. 21 32%
33. 22 22%
34. 23 13%
35. 24 6%
36. 25 2%
37. 26 New
38. 27 1%
39. 28 4%
40. 29 9%
41. 30 16%
42. 31 23%

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

Events in August 1946

1. Thu, Aug 17:57 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Aug 210:28 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Fri, Aug 211:29 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Aug 44:56 PM

   First Quarter

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

5. Tue, Aug 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

6. Thu, Aug 810:22 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Aug 126:26 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

8. Thu, Aug 158:47 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Aug 159:19 AM

   Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Mon, Aug 199:17 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Tue, Aug 206:30 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Aug 204:33 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

13. Wed, Aug 213:17 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Aug 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.

15. Sat, Aug 241:17 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Aug 258:55 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Aug 265:07 PM

    New Moon

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

18. Thu, Aug 296:26 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Aug 299:59 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.

20. Thu, Aug 295:14 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

21. Fri, Aug 3012:12 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

22. Fri, Aug 304:21 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

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