August 2178

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 92%
15. 2 86%
16. 3 79%
17. 4 71%
18. 5 61%
19. 6 Last qtr
20. 7 41%
21. 8 31%
22. 9 21%
23. 10 13%
24. 11 6%
25. 12 2%
26. 13 New
27. 14 2%
28. 15 6%
29. 16 14%
30. 17 23%
31. 18 33%
32. 19 43%
33. 20 First qtr
34. 21 64%
35. 22 73%
36. 23 81%
37. 24 88%
38. 25 94%
39. 26 97%
40. 27 99%
41. 28 Full
42. 29 98%
43. 30 95%
44. 31 90%

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

Events in August 2178

1. Thu, Aug 63:01 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Fri, Aug 75:09 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

3. Sat, Aug 83:37 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Aug 96:13 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Aug 1311:22 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Thu, Aug 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

7. Sat, Aug 154:29 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Aug 164:36 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

9. Thu, Aug 203:21 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Thu, Aug 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

11. Fri, Aug 283:52 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonMicromoon

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

12. Sat, Aug 292:49 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

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