August 2002

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 Last qtr
13. 2 38%
14. 3 29%
15. 4 20%
16. 5 12%
17. 6 6%
18. 7 2%
19. 8 New
20. 9 1%
21. 10 5%
22. 11 12%
23. 12 20%
24. 13 31%
25. 14 42%
26. 15 First qtr
27. 16 64%
28. 17 74%
29. 18 82%
30. 19 90%
31. 20 95%
32. 21 98%
33. 22 Full
34. 23 99%
35. 24 97%
36. 25 93%
37. 26 88%
38. 27 81%
39. 28 73%
40. 29 64%
41. 30 Last qtr
42. 31 45%

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

Events in August 2002

1. Thu, Aug 16:22 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Aug 18:47 PM

   Neptune at opposition

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

3. Sun, Aug 411:28 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Aug 72:43 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Aug 83:15 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Thu, Aug 84:26 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Aug 1012:23 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Aug 106:37 PM

   Mars behind the Sun

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

9. Sat, Aug 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.

10. Thu, Aug 156:12 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Mon, Aug 198:36 PM

    Uranus at opposition

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

12. Wed, Aug 212:35 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Aug 229:09 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

14. Thu, Aug 2212:48 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Aug 226:29 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

16. Mon, Aug 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

17. Fri, Aug 3010:31 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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