August 2000

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 4%
11. 2 9%
12. 3 17%
13. 4 26%
14. 5 36%
15. 6 First qtr
16. 7 56%
17. 8 66%
18. 9 75%
19. 10 82%
20. 11 89%
21. 12 94%
22. 13 98%
23. 14 100%
24. 15 Full
25. 16 98%
26. 17 94%
27. 18 89%
28. 19 81%
29. 20 72%
30. 21 62%
31. 22 Last qtr
32. 23 40%
33. 24 29%
34. 25 19%
35. 26 11%
36. 27 4%
37. 28 1%
38. 29 New
39. 30 2%
40. 31 7%

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

Events in August 2000

1. Sun, Aug 69:02 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, Aug 108:37 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Aug 111:01 AM

   Uranus at opposition

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

4. Fri, Aug 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

5. Sun, Aug 131:15 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Aug 145:16 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Aug 151:13 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

8. Mon, Aug 218:50 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

9. Tue, Aug 222:51 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Tue, Aug 223:57 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Aug 236:33 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Aug 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.

13. Sun, Aug 2711:28 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Aug 296:19 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Tue, Aug 297:34 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Aug 309:21 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

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