A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for August 2017:
Phenomena August
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (5 UT) |
| 2 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million kilometres or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (13 UT) |
| 2 | Moon is at apogee 405,024 km or 251,670 miles from Earth (17:55 UT) |
| 3 | Uranus mag +5.8 is stationary in Pisces, afterwards begins retrograde motion (10 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.3 (7 UT) |
| 7 | Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse (18:11 UT) |
| 9 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees south of Neptune mag +7.9 (23 UT) |
| 12 | Venus mag -4.0 passes 2 degrees south of Ceres mag. +8.9 (14 UT) |
| 12 | Perseids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 80 (19 UT) |
| 13 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.8 (5 UT) |
| 15 | Last quarter Moon (1:16 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from north-central South America, Caribbean (06:39 UT) |
| 18 | Moon is at perigee 366,127 km or 227,501 miles from Earth (13:10 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Venus mag -3.9 (5 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 9 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (10 UT) |
| 21 | Venus mag -3.9 passes 7 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (18 UT) |
| 21 | New Moon. Total Solar eclipse visible from the USA (18:30 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.8 (13 UT) |
| 25 | Saturn mag +0.4 is stationary in Ophiuchus, afterwards resumes direct motion (15 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (17 UT) |
| 26 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (21 UT) |
| 29 | First quarter Moon (8:13 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (13 UT) |
| 30 | Moon is at apogee 404,305 km or 251,223 miles from Earth (11:23 UT) |
| 30 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.4 (14 UT) |