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Chennai sky calendar · August 2027

Full moon: Tue, Aug 17. New moon: Mon, Aug 2, Tue, Aug 31. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:57 AM, sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:20 PM. 4 sky events this month (below). Times are local (GMT+5:30).

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August 2027

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Monday, August 2

New moon

0% lit

Chance of a good view100% · Good

moonlight only (no cloud forecast) · Moon 0% lit

  • 3:35 PMNew moon

  • 3:36 PMTotal solar eclipse

    Seen from Chennai: 34% of the Sun covered. Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses.

Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
6:35 PM
Moonrise
5:32 AM
Moonset
6:38 PM

Dot: chance of a good view (green good, yellow fair, red poor)

Sunrise, sunset and moonrise table

DateSunriseSunsetMoonriseMoonsetMoon
Sun, Aug 15:54 AM6:36 PM4:26 AM5:44 PMWaning crescent · 2%
Mon, Aug 25:54 AM6:35 PM5:32 AM6:38 PMNew moon · 0%
Tue, Aug 35:54 AM6:35 PM6:36 AM7:27 PMWaxing crescent · 1%
Wed, Aug 45:54 AM6:35 PM7:37 AM8:13 PMWaxing crescent · 5%
Thu, Aug 55:55 AM6:34 PM8:34 AM8:56 PMWaxing crescent · 12%
Fri, Aug 65:55 AM6:34 PM9:30 AM9:38 PMWaxing crescent · 20%
Sat, Aug 75:55 AM6:33 PM10:24 AM10:21 PMWaxing crescent · 30%
Sun, Aug 85:55 AM6:33 PM11:19 AM11:05 PMWaxing crescent · 40%
Mon, Aug 95:55 AM6:33 PM12:14 PM11:52 PMFirst quarter · 51%
Tue, Aug 105:55 AM6:32 PM1:09 PM—Waxing gibbous · 61%
Wed, Aug 115:56 AM6:32 PM2:03 PM12:41 AMWaxing gibbous · 70%
Thu, Aug 125:56 AM6:31 PM2:56 PM1:32 AMWaxing gibbous · 79%
Fri, Aug 135:56 AM6:31 PM3:45 PM2:24 AMWaxing gibbous · 86%
Sat, Aug 145:56 AM6:30 PM4:32 PM3:16 AMWaxing gibbous · 92%
Sun, Aug 155:56 AM6:30 PM5:15 PM4:08 AMWaxing gibbous · 96%
Mon, Aug 165:56 AM6:29 PM5:54 PM4:57 AMWaxing gibbous · 99%
Tue, Aug 175:56 AM6:29 PM6:31 PM5:45 AMFull moon · 100%
Wed, Aug 185:56 AM6:28 PM7:07 PM6:32 AMWaning gibbous · 99%
Thu, Aug 195:57 AM6:28 PM7:42 PM7:18 AMWaning gibbous · 96%
Fri, Aug 205:57 AM6:27 PM8:17 PM8:03 AMWaning gibbous · 92%
Sat, Aug 215:57 AM6:26 PM8:54 PM8:50 AMWaning gibbous · 86%
Sun, Aug 225:57 AM6:26 PM9:34 PM9:39 AMWaning gibbous · 78%
Mon, Aug 235:57 AM6:25 PM10:17 PM10:31 AMWaning gibbous · 69%
Tue, Aug 245:57 AM6:25 PM11:06 PM11:26 AMWaning gibbous · 59%
Wed, Aug 255:57 AM6:24 PM—12:25 PMLast quarter · 48%
Thu, Aug 265:57 AM6:23 PM12:01 AM1:26 PMWaning crescent · 37%
Fri, Aug 275:57 AM6:23 PM1:02 AM2:28 PMWaning crescent · 27%
Sat, Aug 285:57 AM6:22 PM2:06 AM3:27 PMWaning crescent · 17%
Sun, Aug 295:57 AM6:22 PM3:11 AM4:23 PMWaning crescent · 9%
Mon, Aug 305:57 AM6:21 PM4:16 AM5:14 PMWaning crescent · 3%
Tue, Aug 315:57 AM6:20 PM5:17 AM6:01 PMNew moon · 0%

Sky events this month

  • Mon, Aug 2 3:36 PMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Chennai: 34% of the Sun covered. Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses.
  • Fri, Aug 13Perseids meteor shower peakUp to about 100 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
  • Tue, Aug 17 12:43 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Chennai
  • Tue, Aug 17 12:59 PMFull moon

Month by month

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).