Moon calendar
August 1949
- 1 First qtr
- 2 63%
- 3 73%
- 4 82%
- 5 89%
- 6 95%
- 7 98%
- 8 Full
- 9 99%
- 10 97%
- 11 92%
- 12 86%
- 13 79%
- 14 71%
- 15 62%
- 16 Last qtr
- 17 43%
- 18 33%
- 19 24%
- 20 16%
- 21 9%
- 22 3%
- 23 New
- 24 0%
- 25 3%
- 26 9%
- 27 17%
- 28 27%
- 29 37%
- 30 First qtr
- 31 60%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in August 1949
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8:58 AM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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12:19 AM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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3:33 PM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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6:22 AM
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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6:59 PM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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11:18 PM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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2:29 AM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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11:59 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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12:40 PM
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
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5:22 PM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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11:14 AM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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9:09 PM
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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9:17 PM
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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3:17 PM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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5:07 PM
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.