August 2022

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 14%
10. 2 22%
11. 3 31%
12. 4 41%
13. 5 First qtr
14. 6 63%
15. 7 74%
16. 8 84%
17. 9 91%
18. 10 97%
19. 11 Full
20. 12 99%
21. 13 96%
22. 14 91%
23. 15 83%
24. 16 75%
25. 17 65%
26. 18 55%
27. 19 Last qtr
28. 20 36%
29. 21 27%
30. 22 19%
31. 23 12%
32. 24 7%
33. 25 3%
34. 26 1%
35. 27 New
36. 28 2%
37. 29 6%
38. 30 11%
39. 31 19%

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

Events in August 2022

1. Mon, Aug 17:58 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Aug 57:07 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Wed, Aug 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.

4. Thu, Aug 119:36 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

5. Fri, Aug 121:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 147:57 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Aug 1412:57 PM

   Saturn at opposition

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

8. Mon, Aug 156:58 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Aug 1810:19 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Aug 1912:36 AM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Fri, Aug 197:05 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

13. Thu, Aug 257:50 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Aug 274:17 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Sat, Aug 2712:07 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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