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Lunar Calendar Month August 2021 (Nigeria)

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 Abuja, Nigeria during August 2021.

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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 moon2021-08-0814:50
1st quarter2021-08-1516:19
full moon2021-08-2213:02
3rd quarter2021-08-3008:13

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during August 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2021-08-0208:36404,410 km
Perigee2021-08-1710:25369,126 km
Apogee2021-08-3003:23404,098 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
Venus2021-08-11 08:00
Saturn2021-08-20 23:19
Jupiter2021-08-22 05:52

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of August 2021.

August 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 30
26Monday
 
27Tuesday
 
28Wednesday
 
29Thursday
 
30Friday
 
31Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
46.2% illuminated
Age:22.5
Week 31
2Monday
 
36.9% illuminated
Age:23.4
3Tuesday
 
28% illuminated
Age:24.3
4Wednesday
 
19.9% illuminated
Age:25.2
5Thursday
 
12.8% illuminated
Age:26.1
6Friday
 
7% illuminated
Age:27
7Saturday
 
2.8% illuminated
Age:28
8Sunday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:28.9
Week 32
9Monday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:0.4
10Tuesday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age:1.4
11Wednesday
 
6.5% illuminated
Age:2.4
12Thursday
 
13% illuminated
Age:3.5
13Friday
 
21.3% illuminated
Age:4.5
14Saturday
 
31.3% illuminated
Age:5.6
15Sunday
 
42.2% illuminated
Age:6.6
Week 33
16Monday
 
53.7% illuminated
Age:7.7
17Tuesday
 
64.9% illuminated
Age:8.8
18Wednesday
 
75.5% illuminated
Age:9.9
19Thursday
 
84.7% illuminated
Age:11
20Friday
 
92% illuminated
Age:12.1
21Saturday
 
97.1% illuminated
Age:13.1
22Sunday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age:14.2
Week 34
23Monday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:15.2
24Tuesday
 
97.5% illuminated
Age:16.3
25Wednesday
 
93.2% illuminated
Age:17.2
26Thursday
 
87.2% illuminated
Age:18.2
27Friday
 
79.9% illuminated
Age:19.1
28Saturday
 
71.6% illuminated
Age:20.1
29Sunday
 
62.6% illuminated
Age:21
Week 35
30Monday
 
53.2% illuminated
Age:21.8
31Tuesday
 
43.8% illuminated
Age:22.7
1Wednesday
 
2Thursday
 
3Friday
 
4Saturday
 
5Sunday
 
6Monday
 
7Tuesday
 
8Wednesday
 
9Thursday
 
10Friday
 
11Saturday
 
12Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z