August 1957

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 38%
13. 2 First qtr
14. 3 60%
15. 4 70%
16. 5 79%
17. 6 86%
18. 7 92%
19. 8 97%
20. 9 99%
21. 10 Full
22. 11 99%
23. 12 96%
24. 13 91%
25. 14 85%
26. 15 78%
27. 16 70%
28. 17 60%
29. 18 Last qtr
30. 19 40%
31. 20 30%
32. 21 20%
33. 22 12%
34. 23 5%
35. 24 1%
36. 25 New
37. 26 2%
38. 27 7%
39. 28 15%
40. 29 24%
41. 30 34%
42. 31 45%

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

Events in August 1957

1. Thu, Aug 18:54 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Aug 22:55 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sun, Aug 45:06 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Aug 109:08 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

5. Mon, Aug 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

6. Tue, Aug 1311:10 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Sun, Aug 1812:16 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Thu, Aug 226:28 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Aug 257:33 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Sun, Aug 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

11. Mon, Aug 268:08 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Aug 279:55 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Aug 2712:07 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

14. Tue, Aug 276:54 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Aug 295:29 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Aug 3111:43 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

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