August 2066

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 78%
9. 2 87%
10. 3 94%
11. 4 98%
12. 5 Full
13. 6 99%
14. 7 95%
15. 8 88%
16. 9 81%
17. 10 72%
18. 11 62%
19. 12 Last qtr
20. 13 42%
21. 14 33%
22. 15 25%
23. 16 17%
24. 17 10%
25. 18 5%
26. 19 2%
27. 20 New
28. 21 1%
29. 22 3%
30. 23 7%
31. 24 14%
32. 25 22%
33. 26 32%
34. 27 42%
35. 28 First qtr
36. 29 65%
37. 30 76%
38. 31 85%

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

Events in August 2066

1. Mon, Aug 211:28 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

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

2. Tue, Aug 3

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.

3. Thu, Aug 512:59 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

4. Thu, Aug 124:59 PM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Mon, Aug 16

   Apogee

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

6. Mon, Aug 167:58 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Aug 183:55 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

8. Fri, Aug 205:54 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Aug 208:50 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Aug 209:00 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Aug 211:08 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Aug 212:01 AM

    Jupiter and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Aug 215:09 AM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Aug 232:00 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

15. Tue, Aug 2412:19 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Aug 276:16 AM

    Mars behind the Sun

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

17. Fri, Aug 2710:22 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Aug 2711:10 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

19. Fri, Aug 2711:37 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

20. Sat, Aug 284:25 AM

    First Quarter

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

21. Tue, Aug 31

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.

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