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Out & About Calendar - By Category
Holidays & Observances This Month
August 1 - Friendship Day
Sisters Day
Lughnasadh (Celtic Festival of Light)
August 6 - The Transfiguration (Christian)
August 9 - Smokey Bear's Birthday (Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires)
August 11 - Ramadan Begins (Islam)
August 15 - Assumption Day
August 24 - Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
August 19 - National Aviation Day
August 26 - Women's Equality Day
This Month's Flower - Gladiolus
This Month's Birthstones - Peridot, Sardonyx
It is National Golf Month & National Parks Month
Sunrise & Sunset
Sunrise at the beginning of the month: 6:05am
Sunrise at the end of the month: 6:31am
Sunset at the beginning of the month: 8:12pm
Sunset at the end of the month: 8:30pm |  |
Moon Phases
August 10 - New Moon
August 24 - Full Moon
Moon rise at the beginning of the month: 11:05pm
Moon rise at the end of the month: 10:56pm
Moon set at the beginning of the month: 4:23am
Moon set at the end of the month: 1:12am
Some Names For The July Full Moon:
Corn Moon, Barley Moon, Dispute Moon
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Other Sky Events
August 1 - Capricornid Meteors - Look due south of overhead at about midnight.
August 6 - Southern Aquarid Meteors look in southern skies about 11 and again on August 21st-23rd.
August 9-20 - Perseids Meteor Shower will have a very favorable year for viewing particularly from the 12th-14th. Start looking at about 10PM with the best chance looking west of overhead around midnight.
August 31 - Andromedid Meteors - though prospects for viewing are only fair look directly overhead at about midnight.
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