August 2079

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 22%
11. 2 31%
12. 3 41%
13. 4 First qtr
14. 5 60%
15. 6 69%
16. 7 78%
17. 8 85%
18. 9 91%
19. 10 96%
20. 11 99%
21. 12 Full
22. 13 99%
23. 14 96%
24. 15 91%
25. 16 84%
26. 17 75%
27. 18 65%
28. 19 Last qtr
29. 20 43%
30. 21 31%
31. 22 21%
32. 23 12%
33. 24 6%
34. 25 2%
35. 26 New
36. 27 1%
37. 28 5%
38. 29 10%
39. 30 17%
40. 31 26%

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

Events in August 2079

1. Tue, Aug 12:48 AM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Aug 410:28 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sun, Aug 611:22 AM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

4. Mon, Aug 7

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

5. Mon, Aug 71:56 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

   All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Aug 74:51 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Aug 93:55 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Aug 107:51 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Aug 108:53 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Aug 108:57 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

11. Thu, Aug 109:28 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Aug 121:00 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

13. Sat, Aug 198:00 PM

    Last Quarter

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

14. Mon, Aug 2111:21 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

15. Wed, Aug 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.

16. Fri, Aug 258:23 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Aug 261:02 PM

    New Moon

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

18. Sat, Aug 2610:56 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Aug 311:05 AM

    Saturn and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Aug 311:06 PM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

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