August 2010

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 65%
9. 2 56%
10. 3 Last qtr
11. 4 35%
12. 5 25%
13. 6 16%
14. 7 9%
15. 8 3%
16. 9 New
17. 10 1%
18. 11 4%
19. 12 10%
20. 13 18%
21. 14 28%
22. 15 38%
23. 16 First qtr
24. 17 60%
25. 18 69%
26. 19 78%
27. 20 86%
28. 21 92%
29. 22 96%
30. 23 99%
31. 24 Full
32. 25 99%
33. 26 96%
34. 27 92%
35. 28 86%
36. 29 79%
37. 30 71%
38. 31 61%

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

Events in August 2010

1. Tue, Aug 312:59 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Fri, Aug 69:14 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Sun, Aug 85:34 AM

   Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

4. Sun, Aug 81:23 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Aug 911:08 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Tue, Aug 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.

7. Wed, Aug 118:04 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Aug 129:50 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

9. Fri, Aug 1312:33 AM

   Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Aug 134:58 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Aug 139:19 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 162:14 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Thu, Aug 1911:43 PM

    Venus at greatest elongation

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

14. Fri, Aug 205:58 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

15. Fri, Aug 202:53 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Aug 244:29 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Aug 241:05 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonMicromoon

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

18. Wed, Aug 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

19. Fri, Aug 271:39 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

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