August 1991

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 69%
13. 2 59%
14. 3 Last qtr
15. 4 37%
16. 5 26%
17. 6 17%
18. 7 9%
19. 8 3%
20. 9 New
21. 10 1%
22. 11 4%
23. 12 9%
24. 13 17%
25. 14 25%
26. 15 35%
27. 16 45%
28. 17 First qtr
29. 18 64%
30. 19 73%
31. 20 81%
32. 21 88%
33. 22 93%
34. 23 97%
35. 24 99%
36. 25 Full
37. 26 98%
38. 27 95%
39. 28 89%
40. 29 82%
41. 30 73%
42. 31 62%

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

Events in August 1991

1. Sat, Aug 37:26 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Aug 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.

3. Fri, Aug 910:28 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Sat, Aug 108:00 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Aug 114:11 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 114:27 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Aug 114:27 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Aug 114:39 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 144:56 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Aug 171:01 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sat, Aug 176:28 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

12. Tue, Aug 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

13. Tue, Aug 2010:17 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Aug 2010:32 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.

15. Wed, Aug 216:42 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Aug 214:36 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

17. Thu, Aug 224:13 PM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

18. Thu, Aug 225:42 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Aug 2411:56 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

20. Sun, Aug 255:07 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

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