A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for August 2014:
Phenomena August
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (14 UT) |
| 2 | Mercury mag -1.6 passes 1 degree north of Jupiter mag -1.8 (17 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 2.2 degrees north of Mars mag +0.4 (10 UT) |
| 4 | First quarter Moon (00:50 UT) |
| 4 | Moon passes 0.1 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.5, occultation is visible from New Zealand and most of Australia (10:32 UT) |
| 4 | Asteroid (80) Sappho mag +9.9 is at opposition in Aquila |
| 6 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (2 UT) |
| 7 | Venus mag -3.8 passes 7 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (21 UT) |
| 7 | Asteroid (16) Psyche mag +9.3 is at opposition in Capricornus |
| 8 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (16 UT) |
| 10 | Moon is at perigee 356,896 km or 221,765 miles from Earth (17:49 UT) |
| 10 | Full Moon (18:10 UT) |
| 12 | Perseids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 100 |
| 12 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.8 (2 UT) |
| 14 | Moon passes 1.2 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.8 (17 UT) |
| 15 | Mercury mag -1.3 passes 1.3 degrees north of Regulus mag +1.4 (12 UT) |
| 17 | Last quarter Moon (12:26 UT) |
| 18 | Venus mag -3.8 passes 0.2 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.8 (4 UT) |
| 18 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (18 UT) |
| 22 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (12 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 5.4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (17 UT) |
| 24 | Moon passes 5.7 degrees south of Venus mag -3.9 (6 UT) |
| 24 | Moon is at apogee 406,523 km or 252,602 miles from Earth (6:24 UT) |
| 24 | Asteroid (63) Ausonia mag +9.8 is at opposition in Capricornus |
| 25 | New Moon (14:13 UT) |
| 27 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mercury mag -0.4 (6 UT) |
| 27 | Mars mag +0.6 passes 4 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.6 (13 UT) |
| 29 | Neptune mag +7.8 is at opposition in Aquarius approx. 28.963 AU (4333 million km or 2692 million miles) from Earth (15 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (20 UT) |
| 31 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6, occultation is visible from West Africa (18:59 UT) |