A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for August 2013:
Phenomena August
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | Moon is at apogee 405,834 km (09:02 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.9 (22 UT) |
| 4 | Asteroid (3) Juno mag 9.0 is at opposition in Aquarius |
| 4 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Mars mag 1.6 (11 UT) |
| 5 | Mercury mag -0.6 passes 7 degrees south of Pollux mag 1.1 (3 UT) |
| 5 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Mercury mag -0.6 (9 UT) |
| 6 | New Moon (21:51) |
| 6 | Northern Delta Aquarids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 5 |
| 7 | Asteroid (28) Bellona mag 11.4 is at opposition in Aquarius |
| 10 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Venus mag -4.0 (2 UT) |
| 12 | Perseids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 100 |
| 12 | Moon passes 0.6 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0 (9 UT) |
| 13 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Saturn mag 0.7 (8 UT) |
| 14 | First quarter Moon (10:56 UT) |
| 16 | Asteroid (7) Iris mag 7.9 is at opposition in Aquarius |
| 19 | Moon is at perigee 362,263 km (1:33 UT) |
| 19 | Mars mag 1.6 passes 6 degrees south of Pollux mag 1.1 (12 UT) |
| 19 | Asteroid (52) Europa mag 10.9 is at opposition in Capricornus |
| 21 | Full Moon (1:45 UT) |
| 21 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Neptune mag 7.8 (15 UT) |
| 24 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Uranus mag 5.8 (7 UT) |
| 24 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (21 UT) |
| 27 | Neptune mag 7.8 is at opposition in Aquarius approx. 28.973 AU (4334 million km or 2693 million miles) from Earth (2 UT) |
| 28 | Last quarter Moon (9:35 UT) |
| 31 | Moon is at apogee 404,885 km (11:50 UT) |
| 31 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.0 (17 UT) |