August 1959

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 9%
15. 2 4%
16. 3 1%
17. 4 New
18. 5 1%
19. 6 5%
20. 7 10%
21. 8 18%
22. 9 28%
23. 10 38%
24. 11 First qtr
25. 12 61%
26. 13 72%
27. 14 82%
28. 15 90%
29. 16 95%
30. 17 99%
31. 18 Full
32. 19 98%
33. 20 95%
34. 21 89%
35. 22 83%
36. 23 75%
37. 24 66%
38. 25 56%
39. 26 Last qtr
40. 27 38%
41. 28 29%
42. 29 20%
43. 30 13%
44. 31 7%

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

Events in August 1959

1. Tue, Aug 410:34 AM

   New Moon

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

2. Tue, Aug 411:51 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

3. Tue, Aug 41:58 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Aug 47:38 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Aug 51:26 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Thu, Aug 63:59 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Aug 712:56 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Aug 74:40 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, Aug 99:20 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

10. Mon, Aug 101:26 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Aug 111:10 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Tue, Aug 118:58 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Aug 13

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.

14. Fri, Aug 1412:40 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Aug 188:51 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

16. Sun, Aug 232:00 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

17. Wed, Aug 26

    Apogee

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

18. Wed, Aug 264:03 AM

    Last Quarter

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

19. Fri, Aug 287:04 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

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