August 2106

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 6%
9. 2 12%
10. 3 21%
11. 4 30%
12. 5 40%
13. 6 First qtr
14. 7 60%
15. 8 69%
16. 9 77%
17. 10 85%
18. 11 91%
19. 12 95%
20. 13 98%
21. 14 Full
22. 15 99%
23. 16 97%
24. 17 92%
25. 18 86%
26. 19 78%
27. 20 68%
28. 21 58%
29. 22 Last qtr
30. 23 35%
31. 24 25%
32. 25 15%
33. 26 8%
34. 27 3%
35. 28 New
36. 29 1%
37. 30 4%
38. 31 9%

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

Events in August 2106

1. Mon, Aug 27:24 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Aug 312:36 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Aug 31:07 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Wed, Aug 42:11 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Aug 612:00 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Aug 612:29 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Tue, Aug 109:50 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Aug 109:59 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

9. Tue, Aug 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

10. Sat, Aug 144:21 PM

    Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

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

11. Sat, Aug 213:52 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Aug 211:12 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Aug 211:18 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Aug 224:42 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Thu, Aug 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.

16. Sat, Aug 287:47 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Sun, Aug 2912:40 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

18. Mon, Aug 302:10 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Aug 309:00 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.

20. Mon, Aug 3012:01 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Aug 311:12 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

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