Lunar Calendar Month August 2024 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

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 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory during August 2024.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2024-08-04	17:13
1st quarter	2024-08-12	21:19
full moon	2024-08-20	00:26
3rd quarter	2024-08-26	15:26

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during August 2024.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2024-08-09	07:33	405,297 km
Perigee	2024-08-21	11:06	360,198 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 Objects	Date and Time
Venus	2024-08-06 04:04
Spica	2024-08-10 15:34
Antares	2024-08-14 10:38
Saturn	2024-08-21 08:54
Pleiades	2024-08-26 08:54
Pollux	2024-08-30 10:47
Beehive	2024-08-31 11:31

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of August 2024.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of British Indian Ocean Territory.

August 2024
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 31	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday 14.1% illuminated Age: 25.9	2Friday 7.6% illuminated Age: 26.9	3Saturday 3% illuminated Age: 27.9	4Sunday 0.5% illuminated Age: 28.8
Week 32	5Monday 0.1% illuminated Age: 0.3	6Tuesday 1.6% illuminated Age: 1.2	7Wednesday 4.9% illuminated Age: 2.1	8Thursday 9.9% illuminated Age: 3	9Friday 16.3% illuminated Age: 3.9	10Saturday 23.9% illuminated Age: 4.8	11Sunday 32.4% illuminated Age: 5.7
Week 33	12Monday 41.6% illuminated Age: 6.6	13Tuesday 51.3% illuminated Age: 7.5	14Wednesday 61.1% illuminated Age: 8.4	15Thursday 70.8% illuminated Age: 9.4	16Friday 79.9% illuminated Age: 10.4	17Saturday 87.9% illuminated Age: 11.4	18Sunday 94.3% illuminated Age: 12.5
Week 34	19Monday 98.5% illuminated Age: 13.6	20Tuesday 100% illuminated Age: 14.7	21Wednesday 98.6% illuminated Age: 15.9	22Thursday 94.3% illuminated Age: 17	23Friday 87.4% illuminated Age: 18.2	24Saturday 78.4% illuminated Age: 19.3	25Sunday 68.1% illuminated Age: 20.4
Week 35	26Monday 57.1% illuminated Age: 21.5	27Tuesday 46.1% illuminated Age: 22.5	28Wednesday 35.5% illuminated Age: 23.5	29Thursday 25.8% illuminated Age: 24.5	30Friday 17.3% illuminated Age: 25.5	31Saturday 10.4% illuminated Age: 26.4	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