August 1982

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 91%
9. 2 95%
10. 3 98%
11. 4 Full
12. 5 99%
13. 6 97%
14. 7 93%
15. 8 87%
16. 9 79%
17. 10 69%
18. 11 59%
19. 12 Last qtr
20. 13 37%
21. 14 26%
22. 15 16%
23. 16 8%
24. 17 3%
25. 18 New
26. 19 1%
27. 20 3%
28. 21 9%
29. 22 16%
30. 23 24%
31. 24 33%
32. 25 43%
33. 26 First qtr
34. 27 62%
35. 28 71%
36. 29 79%
37. 30 86%
38. 31 92%

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

Events in August 1982

1. Sun, Aug 1

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

2. Wed, Aug 46:34 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

3. Sun, Aug 88:50 AM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Aug 127:09 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Mon, Aug 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.

6. Tue, Aug 1710:56 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Aug 1810:45 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Fri, Aug 202:55 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Aug 225:43 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Aug 2311:36 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Aug 243:51 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Aug 261:33 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Aug 265:50 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Sat, Aug 281:04 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Aug 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

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