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Lunar Calendar Bhutan 2022 › Moon Bhutan August 2022

Lunar Calendar Month August 2022 (Bhutan)

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 Thimphu, Bhutan during August 2022.

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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
1st quarter2022-08-0517:06
full moon2022-08-1207:36
3rd quarter2022-08-1910:36
new moon2022-08-2714:17

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during August 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2022-08-1023:16359,829 km
Apogee2022-08-2303:54405,418 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
Antares2022-08-07 14:29
Saturn2022-08-12 09:55
Jupiter2022-08-15 15:37
Pleiades2022-08-19 16:32
Mars2022-08-19 18:16
Pollux2022-08-24 06:17
Beehive2022-08-25 07:46
Venus2022-08-26 02:58

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of August 2022.

August 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 31
1Monday
 
8.4% illuminated
Age: 2.8
2Tuesday
 
14.8% illuminated
Age: 3.7
3Wednesday
 
22.7% illuminated
Age: 4.7
4Thursday
 
32% illuminated
Age: 5.7
5Friday
 
42.3% illuminated
Age: 6.7
6Saturday
 
53.2% illuminated
Age: 7.7
7Sunday
 
64.3% illuminated
Age: 8.7
Week 32
8Monday
 
74.9% illuminated
Age: 9.8
9Tuesday
 
84.4% illuminated
Age: 11
10Wednesday
 
92.1% illuminated
Age: 12.1
11Thursday
 
97.4% illuminated
Age: 13.2
12Friday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.4
13Saturday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.5
14Sunday
 
96% illuminated
Age: 16.7
Week 33
15Monday
 
90.2% illuminated
Age: 17.8
16Tuesday
 
82.6% illuminated
Age: 18.8
17Wednesday
 
73.8% illuminated
Age: 19.8
18Thursday
 
64.2% illuminated
Age: 20.8
19Friday
 
54.4% illuminated
Age: 21.7
20Saturday
 
44.6% illuminated
Age: 22.7
21Sunday
 
35.2% illuminated
Age: 23.6
Week 34
22Monday
 
26.5% illuminated
Age: 24.5
23Tuesday
 
18.6% illuminated
Age: 25.3
24Wednesday
 
11.8% illuminated
Age: 26.2
25Thursday
 
6.4% illuminated
Age: 27.1
26Friday
 
2.5% illuminated
Age: 28
27Saturday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age: 29
28Sunday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 0.4
Week 35
29Monday
 
2% illuminated
Age: 1.3
30Tuesday
 
5.8% illuminated
Age: 2.3
31Wednesday
 
11.7% illuminated
Age: 3.3
1 Thursday
 
2 Friday
 
3 Saturday
 
4 Sunday
 
5 Monday
 
6 Tuesday
 
7 Wednesday
 
8 Thursday
 
9 Friday
 
10 Saturday
 
11 Sunday
 
12 Monday
 
13 Tuesday
 
14 Wednesday
 
15 Thursday
 
16 Friday
 
17 Saturday
 
18 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z