August 1998

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 61%
15. 2 70%
16. 3 79%
17. 4 87%
18. 5 93%
19. 6 97%
20. 7 Full
21. 8 100%
22. 9 97%
23. 10 91%
24. 11 84%
25. 12 74%
26. 13 63%
27. 14 Last qtr
28. 15 41%
29. 16 30%
30. 17 20%
31. 18 12%
32. 19 6%
33. 20 2%
34. 21 New
35. 22 0%
36. 23 2%
37. 24 6%
38. 25 12%
39. 26 19%
40. 27 27%
41. 28 36%
42. 29 45%
43. 30 First qtr
44. 31 64%

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

Events in August 1998

1. Mon, Aug 32:53 AM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

2. Tue, Aug 45:30 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Aug 68:12 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Aug 71:56 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Aug 710:10 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

6. Fri, Aug 710:25 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

7. Mon, Aug 108:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.

9. Thu, Aug 139:08 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Aug 137:42 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Fri, Aug 143:49 PM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Wed, Aug 192:48 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Aug 208:07 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Aug 2010:38 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Aug 2112:00 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

16. Fri, Aug 2110:03 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Fri, Aug 2110:06 PM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

18. Wed, Aug 265:06 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Aug 27

    Apogee

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

20. Sun, Aug 301:07 AM

    First Quarter

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

21. Mon, Aug 315:15 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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