Sky Events of August 2017
The list of events given here are based on NASA SKYCAL page originally developed by Fred Espenak and National Space Club summer intern Sumit Dutta with added information where needed. Time given are in IST.
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Date Day time Event 02 We 23:25 Moon Apogee: 405000 km 03 Th 13:01 Moon-Saturn: 3.8° S 04 Fr 23:47 Moon South Dec.: 19.4° S 07 Mo 23:41 Full Moon 07 Mo 23:50 Partial Lunar Eclipse - is visible from India 08 Tu 16:26 Moon Descending Node 13 Su 00:05 Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90 15 Tu 06:45 Last Quarter 16 We 12:09 Moon-Aldebaran: 0.4° S 18 Fr 12:20 Moon North Dec.: 19.4° N 18 Fr 18:44 Moon Perigee: 366100 km 19 Sa 10:15 Moon-Venus: 2.3° N 20 Su 12:45 Moon-Beehive: 3.2° N 20 Su 23:38 Venus-Pollux: 7.2° S 21 Mo 16:04 Moon Ascending Node 21 Mo 23:55 Total Solar Eclipse - is not visible from India 22 Tu 00:00 New Moon 25 Fr 18:30 Moon-Jupiter: 3.7° S 27 Su 02:02 Mercury Inferior Conj. 29 Tu 13:43 First Quarter 30 We 16:55 Moon Apogee: 404300 km 30 We 19:53 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° S