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Lunar Calendar Month August 2019 (Australia)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Canberra, Australia during August 2019.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2019-08-0113:12
1st quarter2019-08-0803:31
full moon2019-08-1522:29
3rd quarter2019-08-2400:56
new moon2019-08-3020:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during August 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2019-08-0217:10359,397 km
Apogee2019-08-1720:51406,243 km
Perigee2019-08-3101:59357,175 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Jupiter2019-08-10 08:53
Saturn2019-08-12 20:05
Aldebaran2019-08-24 19:24
Beehive2019-08-28 21:31

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of August 2019.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Australia.

August 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 31
29Monday
 
30Tuesday
 
31Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:28.9
2Friday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age:0.5
3Saturday
 
3.2% illuminated
Age:1.7
4Sunday
 
8.9% illuminated
Age:2.9
Week 32
5Monday
 
16.9% illuminated
Age:4
6Tuesday
 
26.6% illuminated
Age:5.1
7Wednesday
 
37.3% illuminated
Age:6.2
8Thursday
 
48.3% illuminated
Age:7.2
9Friday
 
59.1% illuminated
Age:8.2
10Saturday
 
69.2% illuminated
Age:9.2
11Sunday
 
78.3% illuminated
Age:10.2
Week 33
12Monday
 
86% illuminated
Age:11.2
13Tuesday
 
92.1% illuminated
Age:12.1
14Wednesday
 
96.6% illuminated
Age:13
15Thursday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age:13.9
16Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.8
17Saturday
 
99% illuminated
Age:15.7
18Sunday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age:16.6
Week 34
19Monday
 
91.7% illuminated
Age:17.5
20Tuesday
 
85.7% illuminated
Age:18.4
21Wednesday
 
78.4% illuminated
Age:19.3
22Thursday
 
69.9% illuminated
Age:20.2
23Friday
 
60.5% illuminated
Age:21.2
24Saturday
 
50.5% illuminated
Age:22.1
25Sunday
 
40.1% illuminated
Age:23.1
Week 35
26Monday
 
29.8% illuminated
Age:24.1
27Tuesday
 
20.2% illuminated
Age:25.2
28Wednesday
 
11.7% illuminated
Age:26.2
29Thursday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age:27.4
30Friday
 
1.1% illuminated
Age:28.5
31Saturday
 
0% illuminated
Age:0.2
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z