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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2019-08-01	01:12
1st quarter	2019-08-07	15:31
full moon	2019-08-15	10:29
3rd quarter	2019-08-23	12:56
new moon	2019-08-30	08:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Perigee	2019-08-02	05:10	359,397 km
Apogee	2019-08-17	08:51	406,243 km
Perigee	2019-08-30	13:59	357,175 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
Jupiter	2019-08-09 20:53
Saturn	2019-08-12 08:05
Aldebaran	2019-08-24 07:24
Beehive	2019-08-28 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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 31	29Monday	30Tuesday	31Wednesday	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	1Sunday
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