Monthly Calendar
August 2019

  • 01. New Moon
  • 02. Moon at Perigee: 223,319 miles (359,398 km)
  • 05. Waxing Crescent Moon near Spica
  • 07. First Quarter Moon
  • 08. Venus at Perihelion
  •       Waxing Gibbous Moon near Ceres
  • 09. Waxing Gibbous Moon in Conjunction with Jupiter
  •       Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation
  •       Sun Does Enter Leo the Lion
  • 11. Waxing Gibbous Moon in Close Conjunction with Saturn
  •       Jupiter Near Antares
  • 12. Moon at Descending Node
  • 13. Perseid Meteor Shower
  • 14. Venus at Superior Conjunction
  • 15. Full Moon
  • 17. Mercury Near Beehive Open Star Cluster
  •       Moon at Apogee: 252,428 miles (406,244 km)
  • 20. Mercury at Perihelion
  • 23. Last Quarter Moon
  •       Sun Does Not Enter Virgo the Harvest Maiden
  • 24. Waning Crescent Moon Near Aldebaran
  • 26. Mars at Aphelion
  • 27. Moon at Ascending Node
  •       Waning Crescent Moon Near Gemini Twins
  • 28. Waning Crescent Moon Near Beehive Open Star Cluster
  • 30. New Moon
  •       Moon at Perigee: 221,939 miles (357,177 km)