The phenomena of the month : August 2019
Times are given in UT for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 0" W, 54° 16' 3" N, zone Z).

Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2019 08 01 03:12 NEW MOON
2019 08 02 07:08 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 359398 km)
2019 08 02 17:45 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 08 03 18:37 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 04 02:21 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 08 06 15:26 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 07 14:18 Opposition of the asteroid 16 Psyche with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.708 AU; magn. = 9.3)
2019 08 07 17:31 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2019 08 08 09:00 Venus at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.71846 AU)
2019 08 09 11:08 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 08 09 12:15 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 09 21:59 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 08 10 06:00 GREATEST WESTERN ELONGATION of Mercury (19.0°)
2019 08 10 08:14 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 08 11 21:47 Close encounter between the Moon and M 22 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.6°)
2019 08 12 09:03 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 12 22:28 Close encounter between the Moon and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.8°)
2019 08 13 03:40 Meteor shower : Perseids (110 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 38.0 days)
2019 08 13 06:27 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 08 13 15:16 Opposition of the asteroid 15 Eunomia with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.400 AU; magn. = 8.2)
2019 08 14 06:04 SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION of Venus with the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 1.3°)
2019 08 14 19:55 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 08 15 05:52 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 15 12:29 FULL MOON
2019 08 17 02:14 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 08 17 05:59 Close encounter between Mercury and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.2°)
2019 08 17 10:50 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 406244 km)
2019 08 17 12:06 Opposition of the asteroid 39 Laetitia with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.522 AU; magn. = 9.1)
2019 08 18 02:40 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 18 07:01 Meteor shower : Kappa Cygnids (3 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 22.0 days)
2019 08 20 04:42 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 08 20 07:00 Mercury at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.30750 AU)
2019 08 20 11:49 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 08 20 23:29 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 23 14:56 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2019 08 23 20:17 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 24 02:48 Beginning of occultation of 61-delta1 Tau (magn. = 3.77)
2019 08 24 03:27 Beginning of occultation of 64-delta2 Tau (magn. = 4.80)
2019 08 24 03:57 End of occultation of 61-delta1 Tau (magn. = 3.77)
2019 08 24 06:29 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 08 25 06:00 VENUS at maximum brightness (magn. -3.93)
2019 08 25 13:29 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 08 26 01:00 Mars at its aphelion (distance to the Sun = 1.66606 AU)
2019 08 26 05:02 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 08 26 17:06 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 29 13:54 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 08 30 10:37 NEW MOON
2019 08 30 15:24 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 08 30 15:57 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 357176 km)
2019 08 30 19:22 Comet P/1999 R1 SOHO at its perihelion (dist. to the Sun = 0.052 AU; magn. = 7.7)
2019 08 30 20:19 Comet 322P SOHO at its perihelion (dist. to the Sun = 0.052 AU; magn. = 6.1)
2019 08 30 22:16 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 08 31 10:43 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae

(Using Coelix Software)