August 1968

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 First qtr
13. 2 60%
14. 3 71%
15. 4 81%
16. 5 89%
17. 6 95%
18. 7 99%
19. 8 Full
20. 9 98%
21. 10 94%
22. 11 88%
23. 12 81%
24. 13 73%
25. 14 64%
26. 15 Last qtr
27. 16 45%
28. 17 35%
29. 18 27%
30. 19 19%
31. 20 12%
32. 21 6%
33. 22 2%
34. 23 New
35. 24 1%
36. 25 3%
37. 26 8%
38. 27 16%
39. 28 25%
40. 29 35%
41. 30 First qtr
42. 31 58%

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

Events in August 1968

1. Thu, Aug 12:34 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Aug 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.

3. Wed, Aug 77:09 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

4. Thu, Aug 87:32 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

5. Tue, Aug 132:45 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Aug 1510:13 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Fri, Aug 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

8. Sun, Aug 186:47 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 215:13 PM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Aug 215:22 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Aug 226:59 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Aug 237:57 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Sat, Aug 245:57 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Aug 246:04 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

15. Sun, Aug 253:06 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Aug 256:48 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Aug 258:05 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Aug 258:07 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

19. Fri, Aug 304:17 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Aug 307:20 PM

    Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.

21. Fri, Aug 307:35 PM

    First Quarter

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

22. Fri, Aug 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.

23. Sat, Aug 319:09 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

24. Sat, Aug 314:47 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

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