August 1950

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 86%
11. 2 79%
12. 3 70%
13. 4 61%
14. 5 Last qtr
15. 6 42%
16. 7 33%
17. 8 24%
18. 9 17%
19. 10 10%
20. 11 5%
21. 12 1%
22. 13 New
23. 14 1%
24. 15 5%
25. 16 10%
26. 17 18%
27. 18 28%
28. 19 39%
29. 20 First qtr
30. 21 62%
31. 22 72%
32. 23 82%
33. 24 90%
34. 25 95%
35. 26 99%
36. 27 Full
37. 28 99%
38. 29 96%
39. 30 91%
40. 31 84%

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

Events in August 1950

1. Sat, Aug 53:56 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Aug 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

3. Thu, Aug 105:21 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Aug 1112:28 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Aug 1312:48 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Tue, Aug 159:52 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Aug 1511:38 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 153:12 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Aug 153:40 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Aug 1712:45 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Aug 1810:32 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Aug 20

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

13. Sun, Aug 2011:35 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Mon, Aug 216:22 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

15. Sat, Aug 263:00 AM

    Jupiter at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

16. Sun, Aug 278:13 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Aug 2710:51 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon 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.