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Lunar Calendar Month August 2024 (United States)

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 Washington, District of Columbia, United States during August 2024.

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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 moon2024-08-0407:13
1st quarter2024-08-1211:19
full moon2024-08-1914:26
3rd quarter2024-08-2605:26

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during August 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2024-08-0821:33405,297 km
Perigee2024-08-2101:06360,198 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
Venus2024-08-05 18:04
Spica2024-08-10 05:34
Antares2024-08-14 00:38
Saturn2024-08-20 22:54
Pleiades2024-08-25 22:54
Pollux2024-08-30 00:47
Beehive2024-08-31 01:31

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of August 2024.

August 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 31
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
31 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
11.2% illuminated
Age: 26.3
2Friday
 
5.5% illuminated
Age: 27.3
3Saturday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age: 28.3
4Sunday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.2
Week 32
5Monday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 0.6
6Tuesday
 
2.8% illuminated
Age: 1.6
7Wednesday
 
6.8% illuminated
Age: 2.5
8Thursday
 
12.4% illuminated
Age: 3.4
9Friday
 
19.3% illuminated
Age: 4.3
10Saturday
 
27.3% illuminated
Age: 5.2
11Sunday
 
36.2% illuminated
Age: 6.1
Week 33
12Monday
 
45.6% illuminated
Age: 7
13Tuesday
 
55.4% illuminated
Age: 7.9
14Wednesday
 
65.2% illuminated
Age: 8.8
15Thursday
 
74.6% illuminated
Age: 9.8
16Friday
 
83.4% illuminated
Age: 10.8
17Saturday
 
90.8% illuminated
Age: 11.9
18Sunday
 
96.3% illuminated
Age: 12.9
Week 34
19Monday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age: 14.1
20Tuesday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 15.2
21Wednesday
 
97.1% illuminated
Age: 16.4
22Thursday
 
91.7% illuminated
Age: 17.5
23Friday
 
83.8% illuminated
Age: 18.7
24Saturday
 
74.2% illuminated
Age: 19.8
25Sunday
 
63.6% illuminated
Age: 20.9
Week 35
26Monday
 
52.5% illuminated
Age: 21.9
27Tuesday
 
41.6% illuminated
Age: 22.9
28Wednesday
 
31.3% illuminated
Age: 23.9
29Thursday
 
22.1% illuminated
Age: 24.9
30Friday
 
14.2% illuminated
Age: 25.9
31Saturday
 
8% illuminated
Age: 26.8
1 Sunday
 
2 Monday
 
3 Tuesday
 
4 Wednesday
 
5 Thursday
 
6 Friday
 
7 Saturday
 
8 Sunday
 
9 Monday
 
10 Tuesday
 
11 Wednesday
 
12 Thursday
 
13 Friday
 
14 Saturday
 
15 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z