August 2078

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 41%
10. 2 30%
11. 3 20%
12. 4 12%
13. 5 6%
14. 6 2%
15. 7 New
16. 8 1%
17. 9 4%
18. 10 9%
19. 11 15%
20. 12 23%
21. 13 31%
22. 14 40%
23. 15 First qtr
24. 16 59%
25. 17 68%
26. 18 77%
27. 19 85%
28. 20 91%
29. 21 96%
30. 22 99%
31. 23 Full
32. 24 98%
33. 25 93%
34. 26 86%
35. 27 77%
36. 28 66%
37. 29 Last qtr
38. 30 44%
39. 31 33%

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

Events in August 2078

1. Sat, Aug 66:10 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Aug 68:31 AM

   Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

3. Sat, Aug 68:49 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Aug 72:19 AM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

5. Sun, Aug 72:59 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Aug 73:52 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Tue, Aug 97:27 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Aug 1210:51 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

9. Sun, Aug 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

10. Mon, Aug 159:07 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Aug 151:34 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Tue, Aug 162:41 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Aug 1910:10 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Aug 2012:12 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

15. Sat, Aug 2012:01 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Aug 234:12 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

17. Fri, Aug 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.

18. Sat, Aug 273:44 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Aug 2910:16 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.