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Lunar Calendar South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 2019 › Moon South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands August 2019

Lunar Calendar Month August 2019 (South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands)

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 Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 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 moon2019-08-0101:12
1st quarter2019-08-0715:31
full moon2019-08-1510:29
3rd quarter2019-08-2312:56
new moon2019-08-3008:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2019-08-0205:10359,397 km
Apogee2019-08-1708:51406,243 km
Perigee2019-08-3013:59357,175 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name Peak Day
Perseids2019-08-13
κ-Cygnids2019-08-18

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
Jupiter2019-08-09 20:53
Saturn2019-08-12 08:05
Aldebaran2019-08-24 07:24
Beehive2019-08-28 09:31

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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

August 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 31
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
31 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.5
2Friday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 1.1
3Saturday
 
5.7% illuminated
Age: 2.3
4Sunday
 
12.7% illuminated
Age: 3.4
Week 32
5Monday
 
21.6% illuminated
Age: 4.5
6Tuesday
 
31.9% illuminated
Age: 5.6
7Wednesday
 
42.8% illuminated
Age: 6.7
8Thursday
 
53.8% illuminated
Age: 7.7
9Friday
 
64.3% illuminated
Age: 8.7
10Saturday
 
73.9% illuminated
Age: 9.7
11Sunday
 
82.3% illuminated
Age: 10.7
Week 33
12Monday
 
89.3% illuminated
Age: 11.6
13Tuesday
 
94.6% illuminated
Age: 12.6
14Wednesday
 
98.1% illuminated
Age: 13.5
15Thursday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 14.4
16Friday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age: 15.3
17Saturday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age: 16.2
18Sunday
 
94.1% illuminated
Age: 17.1
Week 34
19Monday
 
88.9% illuminated
Age: 18
20Tuesday
 
82.2% illuminated
Age: 18.9
21Wednesday
 
74.3% illuminated
Age: 19.8
22Thursday
 
65.3% illuminated
Age: 20.7
23Friday
 
55.5% illuminated
Age: 21.6
24Saturday
 
45.3% illuminated
Age: 22.6
25Sunday
 
34.9% illuminated
Age: 23.6
Week 35
26Monday
 
24.9% illuminated
Age: 24.6
27Tuesday
 
15.7% illuminated
Age: 25.7
28Wednesday
 
8.2% illuminated
Age: 26.8
29Thursday
 
2.8% illuminated
Age: 28
30Friday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 29.1
31Saturday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 0.8
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