August 1966

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 Full
10. 2 98%
11. 3 95%
12. 4 90%
13. 5 84%
14. 6 77%
15. 7 68%
16. 8 59%
17. 9 Last qtr
18. 10 39%
19. 11 29%
20. 12 19%
21. 13 11%
22. 14 5%
23. 15 1%
24. 16 New
25. 17 2%
26. 18 7%
27. 19 15%
28. 20 24%
29. 21 34%
30. 22 First qtr
31. 23 56%
32. 24 66%
33. 25 75%
34. 26 83%
35. 27 90%
36. 28 95%
37. 29 98%
38. 30 Full
39. 31 99%

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

Events in August 1966

1. Mon, Aug 15:05 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

2. Wed, Aug 34:39 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Aug 4

   Apogee

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

4. Fri, Aug 510:33 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Aug 710:43 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered

   All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 712:02 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Aug 98:56 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Aug 127:02 AM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Aug 145:15 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.

10. Sun, Aug 145:34 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Aug 147:02 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Aug 147:54 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

13. Sun, Aug 145:35 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Aug 1512:04 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Aug 162:37 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

16. Tue, Aug 167:48 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Wed, Aug 17

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.

18. Wed, Aug 1711:37 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Aug 225:08 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

20. Mon, Aug 2211:02 PM

    First Quarter

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

21. Tue, Aug 308:14 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonBlue MoonMicromoon

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

22. Wed, Aug 31

    Apogee

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

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