August 1951

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 2%
12. 2 New
13. 3 1%
14. 4 3%
15. 5 7%
16. 6 13%
17. 7 21%
18. 8 30%
19. 9 41%
20. 10 First qtr
21. 11 63%
22. 12 74%
23. 13 84%
24. 14 91%
25. 15 97%
26. 16 Full
27. 17 100%
28. 18 97%
29. 19 92%
30. 20 85%
31. 21 76%
32. 22 67%
33. 23 58%
34. 24 Last qtr
35. 25 38%
36. 26 29%
37. 27 21%
38. 28 14%
39. 29 8%
40. 30 3%
41. 31 1%

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

Events in August 1951

1. Wed, Aug 112:37 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Aug 17:14 AM

   Venus at its brightest

   Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

3. Thu, Aug 26:39 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Fri, Aug 32:49 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Sun, Aug 54:19 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 57:40 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Aug 58:02 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

8. Mon, Aug 66:17 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 83:18 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Aug 108:23 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Wed, Aug 15

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.

12. Thu, Aug 1610:59 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

13. Thu, Aug 1611:14 PM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

14. Mon, Aug 201:26 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Aug 246:20 AM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Sun, Aug 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

17. Mon, Aug 277:33 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Aug 298:56 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Aug 314:02 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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