August 1953

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 Last qtr
15. 2 44%
16. 3 34%
17. 4 24%
18. 5 15%
19. 6 9%
20. 7 4%
21. 8 1%
22. 9 New
23. 10 1%
24. 11 4%
25. 12 8%
26. 13 14%
27. 14 21%
28. 15 30%
29. 16 39%
30. 17 First qtr
31. 18 58%
32. 19 68%
33. 20 78%
34. 21 86%
35. 22 93%
36. 23 98%
37. 24 Full
38. 25 99%
39. 26 95%
40. 27 88%
41. 28 80%
42. 29 69%
43. 30 59%
44. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in August 1953

1. Sat, Aug 111:16 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Tue, Aug 410:01 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Aug 510:20 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Aug 78:39 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Aug 711:32 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Aug 83:53 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Aug 911:54 AM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

8. Sun, Aug 912:10 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Thu, Aug 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

10. Thu, Aug 134:39 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

11. Sat, Aug 1512:51 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 174:08 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sat, Aug 228:58 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Aug 238:59 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Aug 244:21 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

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

16. Tue, Aug 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.

17. Mon, Aug 316:46 AM

    Last Quarter

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

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