August 2104

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 73%
14. 2 82%
15. 3 89%
16. 4 95%
17. 5 99%
18. 6 Full
19. 7 99%
20. 8 95%
21. 9 88%
22. 10 79%
23. 11 69%
24. 12 58%
25. 13 Last qtr
26. 14 36%
27. 15 26%
28. 16 17%
29. 17 10%
30. 18 4%
31. 19 1%
32. 20 New
33. 21 1%
34. 22 4%
35. 23 8%
36. 24 14%
37. 25 21%
38. 26 30%
39. 27 39%
40. 28 First qtr
41. 29 58%
42. 30 68%
43. 31 77%

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

Events in August 2104

1. Fri, Aug 111:40 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Aug 612:40 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

3. Sat, Aug 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.

4. Tue, Aug 121:32 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Aug 134:44 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Mon, Aug 186:48 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Mon, Aug 1811:03 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 192:45 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

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

9. Wed, Aug 201:26 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Wed, Aug 209:18 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Aug 228:14 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Aug 25

    Apogee

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

13. Thu, Aug 284:52 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Thu, Aug 288:23 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

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