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Lunar Calendar Month August 2020 (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 2020.

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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
full moon2020-08-0311:59
3rd quarter2020-08-1112:45
new moon2020-08-1822:42
1st quarter2020-08-2513:58

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during August 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2020-08-0909:52404,657 km
Perigee2020-08-2107:00363,512 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
Jupiter2020-08-01 19:30
Saturn2020-08-02 09:17
Mars2020-08-09 03:57
Venus2020-08-15 09:01
Jupiter2020-08-28 21:33
Saturn2020-08-29 12:40

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of August 2020.

August 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 31
27Monday
 
28Tuesday
 
29Wednesday
 
30Thursday
 
31Friday
 
1Saturday
 
93.1% illuminated
Age:12.3
2Sunday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age:13.3
Week 32
3Monday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:14.3
4Tuesday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:15.3
5Wednesday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age:16.2
6Thursday
 
93.6% illuminated
Age:17.2
7Friday
 
88.1% illuminated
Age:18.1
8Saturday
 
81.1% illuminated
Age:19
9Sunday
 
73.2% illuminated
Age:19.9
Week 33
10Monday
 
64.4% illuminated
Age:20.8
11Tuesday
 
55.1% illuminated
Age:21.7
12Wednesday
 
45.5% illuminated
Age:22.6
13Thursday
 
36% illuminated
Age:23.5
14Friday
 
26.7% illuminated
Age:24.4
15Saturday
 
18.2% illuminated
Age:25.4
16Sunday
 
10.7% illuminated
Age:26.4
Week 34
17Monday
 
4.9% illuminated
Age:27.4
18Tuesday
 
1.2% illuminated
Age:28.5
19Wednesday
 
0% illuminated
Age:0.1
20Thursday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:1.2
21Friday
 
6% illuminated
Age:2.3
22Saturday
 
12.9% illuminated
Age:3.5
23Sunday
 
21.8% illuminated
Age:4.6
Week 35
24Monday
 
32.2% illuminated
Age:5.7
25Tuesday
 
43.3% illuminated
Age:6.8
26Wednesday
 
54.6% illuminated
Age:7.8
27Thursday
 
65.4% illuminated
Age:8.9
28Friday
 
75.3% illuminated
Age:9.9
29Saturday
 
83.9% illuminated
Age:10.9
30Sunday
 
90.8% illuminated
Age:11.9
Week 36
31Monday
 
95.8% illuminated
Age:12.8
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z