August 1952

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 77%
14. 2 86%
15. 3 93%
16. 4 98%
17. 5 Full
18. 6 99%
19. 7 95%
20. 8 88%
21. 9 80%
22. 10 70%
23. 11 60%
24. 12 Last qtr
25. 13 39%
26. 14 29%
27. 15 21%
28. 16 14%
29. 17 8%
30. 18 3%
31. 19 1%
32. 20 New
33. 21 1%
34. 22 4%
35. 23 8%
36. 24 15%
37. 25 22%
38. 26 31%
39. 27 41%
40. 28 First qtr
41. 29 63%
42. 30 73%
43. 31 83%

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

Events in August 1952

1. Tue, Aug 53:40 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

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

2. Tue, Aug 53:47 PM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

3. Tue, Aug 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

4. Tue, Aug 129:27 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Tue, Aug 121:44 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Sun, Aug 1712:10 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Aug 19

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

8. Tue, Aug 1910:49 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 2011:12 AM

   Annular solar eclipse

   The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

10. Wed, Aug 2011:20 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Thu, Aug 2110:32 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Aug 2411:24 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

13. Wed, Aug 2711:15 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Aug 288:03 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Fri, Aug 2911:57 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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