August 2087

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 10%
14. 2 16%
15. 3 24%
16. 4 33%
17. 5 42%
18. 6 First qtr
19. 7 61%
20. 8 70%
21. 9 79%
22. 10 86%
23. 11 92%
24. 12 97%
25. 13 99%
26. 14 Full
27. 15 97%
28. 16 93%
29. 17 86%
30. 18 77%
31. 19 67%
32. 20 Last qtr
33. 21 44%
34. 22 33%
35. 23 23%
36. 24 14%
37. 25 8%
38. 26 3%
39. 27 1%
40. 28 New
41. 29 2%
42. 30 6%
43. 31 12%

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

Events in August 2087

1. Fri, Aug 16:22 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

2. Sun, Aug 311:16 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Aug 67:43 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Wed, Aug 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,000 km.

5. Sun, Aug 104:16 PM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

6. Thu, Aug 142:54 AM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

7. Tue, Aug 19

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.

8. Tue, Aug 1910:31 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 2011:34 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sun, Aug 241:36 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Aug 245:56 PM

    Uranus at opposition

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

12. Mon, Aug 253:23 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Aug 281:08 AM

    New Moon

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

14. Fri, Aug 294:05 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

15. Fri, Aug 292:00 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

16. Sat, Aug 303:12 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Aug 303:04 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

18. Sat, Aug 303:42 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

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