August 1996

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 93%
13. 2 85%
14. 3 76%
15. 4 66%
16. 5 56%
17. 6 Last qtr
18. 7 36%
19. 8 27%
20. 9 19%
21. 10 12%
22. 11 6%
23. 12 3%
24. 13 1%
25. 14 New
26. 15 2%
27. 16 5%
28. 17 10%
29. 18 17%
30. 19 25%
31. 20 35%
32. 21 First qtr
33. 22 56%
34. 23 67%
35. 24 77%
36. 25 86%
37. 26 93%
38. 27 98%
39. 28 Full
40. 29 99%
41. 30 95%
42. 31 88%

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

Events in August 1996

1. Sat, Aug 37:18 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Aug 61:25 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Fri, Aug 911:57 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Aug 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

5. Wed, Aug 143:34 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Fri, Aug 162:07 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Aug 1911:29 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

8. Wed, Aug 2112:03 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

9. Wed, Aug 2111:37 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Sun, Aug 259:50 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Aug 264:38 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

12. Tue, Aug 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.

13. Wed, Aug 281:52 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

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

14. Fri, Aug 303:05 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

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