August 1983

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 Last qtr
10. 2 44%
11. 3 33%
12. 4 23%
13. 5 14%
14. 6 7%
15. 7 2%
16. 8 New
17. 9 1%
18. 10 5%
19. 11 12%
20. 12 21%
21. 13 31%
22. 14 41%
23. 15 First qtr
24. 16 62%
25. 17 71%
26. 18 79%
27. 19 87%
28. 20 92%
29. 21 97%
30. 22 99%
31. 23 Full
32. 24 99%
33. 25 96%
34. 26 92%
35. 27 85%
36. 28 78%
37. 29 69%
38. 30 59%
39. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in August 1983

1. Mon, Aug 18:52 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Aug 78:15 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Aug 83:18 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Mon, Aug 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

5. Sat, Aug 133:21 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Aug 158:47 AM

   First Quarter

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

7. Tue, Aug 162:30 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 169:02 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

9. Tue, Aug 169:12 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Aug 183:10 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Aug 1911:51 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Mon, Aug 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

13. Tue, Aug 2310:59 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonMicromoon

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

14. Thu, Aug 2512:29 AM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

15. Wed, Aug 317:22 AM

    Last Quarter

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

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