August 1976

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 36%
9. 2 First qtr
10. 3 59%
11. 4 69%
12. 5 79%
13. 6 87%
14. 7 94%
15. 8 98%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 99%
18. 11 97%
19. 12 93%
20. 13 87%
21. 14 80%
22. 15 72%
23. 16 63%
24. 17 Last qtr
25. 18 44%
26. 19 34%
27. 20 25%
28. 21 17%
29. 22 10%
30. 23 4%
31. 24 1%
32. 25 New
33. 26 2%
34. 27 7%
35. 28 14%
36. 29 23%
37. 30 33%
38. 31 First qtr

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

Events in August 1976

1. Sun, Aug 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.

2. Mon, Aug 25:25 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Aug 26:07 PM

   First Quarter

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

4. Wed, Aug 410:26 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Aug 97:44 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

6. Mon, Aug 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

7. Tue, Aug 178:13 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Wed, Aug 184:57 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 257:01 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, Aug 266:24 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

11. Thu, Aug 264:50 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Aug 277:10 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Aug 278:07 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Aug 278:34 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

15. Fri, Aug 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.

16. Sun, Aug 2912:50 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Aug 308:10 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Aug 3111:35 PM

    First Quarter

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

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