August 1947

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 Full
14. 2 100%
15. 3 97%
16. 4 94%
17. 5 88%
18. 6 81%
19. 7 72%
20. 8 63%
21. 9 Last qtr
22. 10 41%
23. 11 30%
24. 12 20%
25. 13 12%
26. 14 5%
27. 15 1%
28. 16 New
29. 17 2%
30. 18 7%
31. 19 14%
32. 20 22%
33. 21 32%
34. 22 42%
35. 23 First qtr
36. 24 61%
37. 25 70%
38. 26 78%
39. 27 86%
40. 28 92%
41. 29 96%
42. 30 99%
43. 31 Full

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

Events in August 1947

1. Fri, Aug 19:50 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

2. Sun, Aug 34:00 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Tue, Aug 51:27 PM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

4. Tue, Aug 510:01 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Aug 94:22 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Tue, Aug 1210:44 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Aug 1211:38 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 125:13 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Aug 125:45 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Aug 15

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.

11. Fri, Aug 158:00 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Aug 152:05 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

13. Fri, Aug 154:53 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Aug 156:52 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.

15. Fri, Aug 1510:36 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Aug 167:12 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Mon, Aug 1811:03 AM

    Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

18. Mon, Aug 1811:15 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Aug 1911:23 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Aug 221:43 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

21. Sat, Aug 238:40 AM

    First Quarter

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

22. Tue, Aug 269:43 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

23. Wed, Aug 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

24. Thu, Aug 2810:46 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

25. Sun, Aug 3112:34 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonBlue Moon

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

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