August 1987

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 38%
15. 2 First qtr
16. 3 59%
17. 4 70%
18. 5 80%
19. 6 89%
20. 7 95%
21. 8 99%
22. 9 Full
23. 10 98%
24. 11 93%
25. 12 86%
26. 13 77%
27. 14 67%
28. 15 57%
29. 16 Last qtr
30. 17 37%
31. 18 28%
32. 19 20%
33. 20 13%
34. 21 7%
35. 22 3%
36. 23 1%
37. 24 New
38. 25 1%
39. 26 4%
40. 27 9%
41. 28 16%
42. 29 24%
43. 30 34%
44. 31 First qtr

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

Events in August 1987

1. Sun, Aug 23:24 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Wed, Aug 55:27 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Aug 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.

4. Sun, Aug 96:17 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

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

5. Fri, Aug 149:03 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 164:25 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Tue, Aug 1811:30 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Aug 201:15 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

9. Fri, Aug 216:17 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Aug 217:01 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Aug 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

12. Sun, Aug 231:46 AM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

13. Mon, Aug 245:09 AM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Aug 247:59 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Mon, Aug 248:33 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Aug 248:44 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Aug 248:45 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

18. Mon, Aug 246:05 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Aug 253:51 AM

    Mars behind the Sun

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

20. Mon, Aug 3111:48 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.