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Lunar Calendar Month August 2022 (Northern Hemisphere)

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, Northern Hemisphere 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 quarter2022-08-0507:06
full moon2022-08-1121:36
3rd quarter2022-08-1900:36
new moon2022-08-2704:17

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2022-08-1013:16359,829 km
Apogee2022-08-2217:54405,418 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 04:29
Saturn2022-08-11 23:55
Jupiter2022-08-15 05:37
Pleiades2022-08-19 06:32
Mars2022-08-19 08:16
Pollux2022-08-23 20:17
Beehive2022-08-24 21:46
Venus2022-08-25 16:58

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
 
10.9% illuminated
Age:3.2
2Tuesday
 
17.9% illuminated
Age:4.1
3Wednesday
 
26.5% illuminated
Age:5.1
4Thursday
 
36.2% illuminated
Age:6.1
5Friday
 
46.8% illuminated
Age:7.1
6Saturday
 
57.9% illuminated
Age:8.1
7Sunday
 
68.8% illuminated
Age:9.2
Week 32
8Monday
 
79.1% illuminated
Age:10.3
9Tuesday
 
87.9% illuminated
Age:11.4
10Wednesday
 
94.7% illuminated
Age:12.6
11Thursday
 
98.8% illuminated
Age:13.7
12Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.9
13Saturday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age:16
14Sunday
 
93.8% illuminated
Age:17.1
Week 33
15Monday
 
87.2% illuminated
Age:18.2
16Tuesday
 
79.1% illuminated
Age:19.2
17Wednesday
 
69.9% illuminated
Age:20.2
18Thursday
 
60.2% illuminated
Age:21.2
19Friday
 
50.3% illuminated
Age:22.1
20Saturday
 
40.6% illuminated
Age:23
21Sunday
 
31.5% illuminated
Age:23.9
Week 34
22Monday
 
23% illuminated
Age:24.8
23Tuesday
 
15.6% illuminated
Age:25.7
24Wednesday
 
9.3% illuminated
Age:26.6
25Thursday
 
4.5% illuminated
Age:27.5
26Friday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age:28.4
27Saturday
 
0% illuminated
Age:29.4
28Sunday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age:0.8
Week 35
29Monday
 
3.3% illuminated
Age:1.7
30Tuesday
 
8% illuminated
Age:2.7
31Wednesday
 
14.7% illuminated
Age:3.7
1Thursday
 
2Friday
 
3Saturday
 
4Sunday
 
5Monday
 
6Tuesday
 
7Wednesday
 
8Thursday
 
9Friday
 
10Saturday
 
11Sunday
 
12Monday
 
13Tuesday
 
14Wednesday
 
15Thursday
 
16Friday
 
17Saturday
 
18Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z