August zodiac signs
August has two zodiac signs: Leo and then Virgo. From 1950 to 2010, the Sun entered Virgo on August 22 in 9 years and August 23 in 52 years, in UTC.
August birthdays go from Leo into Virgo, from the warmest sign in the zodiac to one of the most exact. Leo is read as big-hearted and proud and Virgo as careful, useful and hard on itself. Both are read as wanting to do a thing well, but one wants you to see it and the other would rather you didn't make a fuss. In love, Leo says it out loud and Virgo fixes your shelf.
Every date in the month
| Date | Sign | Decan | Number | Daylight at 40° north |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 | Leo | first | 1 | 14h 15m |
| August 2 | Leo | first, second | 2 | 14h 13m |
| August 3 | Leo | second | 3 | 14h 11m |
| August 4 | Leo | second | 4 | 14h 09m |
| August 5 | Leo | second | 5 | 14h 07m |
| August 6 | Leo | second | 6 | 14h 05m |
| August 7 | Leo | second | 7 | 14h 03m |
| August 8 | Leo | second | 8 | 14h 00m |
| August 9 | Leo | second | 9 | 13h 58m |
| August 10 | Leo | second | 1 | 13h 56m |
| August 11 | Leo | second | 11 | 13h 54m |
| August 12 | Leo | second, third | 3 | 13h 51m |
| August 13 | Leo | third, second | 4 | 13h 49m |
| August 14 | Leo | third | 5 | 13h 47m |
| August 15 | Leo | third | 6 | 13h 45m |
| August 16 | Leo | third | 7 | 13h 42m |
| August 17 | Leo | third | 8 | 13h 40m |
| August 18 | Leo | third | 9 | 13h 38m |
| August 19 | Leo | third | 1 | 13h 35m |
| August 20 | Leo | third | 2 | 13h 33m |
| August 21 | Leo | third | 3 | 13h 30m |
| August 22 | Leo | third | 22 | 13h 28m |
| August 23 | Virgo or Leo | first, third | 5 | 13h 26m |
| August 24 | Virgo | first | 6 | 13h 23m |
| August 25 | Virgo | first | 7 | 13h 21m |
| August 26 | Virgo | first | 8 | 13h 18m |
| August 27 | Virgo | first | 9 | 13h 16m |
| August 28 | Virgo | first | 1 | 13h 13m |
| August 29 | Virgo | first | 11 | 13h 11m |
| August 30 | Virgo | first | 3 | 13h 08m |
| August 31 | Virgo | first | 4 | 13h 06m |
The day each sign begins
The usual dates for a sign are an average. The Sun's entry moves by a day or more from year to year, and this is every day it fell on from 1950 to 2010, in UTC.
| The Sun entered Virgo on | Years | First and last |
|---|---|---|
| August 22 | 9 | 1980 to 2009 |
| August 23 | 52 | 1950 to 2010 |
Eclipses in this month
Every eclipse that peaked in August from 1950 to 2010: August 1, 2008: solar, total; August 5, 1952: lunar, partial; August 6, 1971: lunar, total; August 6, 1990: lunar, partial; August 6, 2009: lunar, penumbral; August 8, 1998: lunar, penumbral; August 9, 1953: solar, partial; August 10, 1980: solar, annular; August 11, 1961: solar, annular; August 11, 1999: solar, total; August 15, 1962: lunar, penumbral; August 16, 2008: lunar, partial; August 17, 1951: lunar, penumbral; August 17, 1970: lunar, partial; August 17, 1989: lunar, total; August 20, 1952: solar, annular; August 20, 1971: solar, partial; August 22, 1979: solar, annular; August 22, 1998: solar, annular; August 26, 1961: lunar, partial; August 26, 1980: lunar, penumbral; August 27, 1969: lunar, penumbral; August 27, 1988: lunar, partial; August 28, 2007: lunar, total; August 31, 1970: solar, annular; August 31, 1989: solar, partial.
Who you tend to match with
Leo: closest Sagittarius, Aries and Gemini; hardest Scorpio.
Virgo: closest Capricorn, Taurus and Cancer; hardest Sagittarius.
How these dates are worked out
We take each position from astronomy-engine, the open-source astronomy library behind our birth charts, at noon UTC on the date, in the tropical zodiac our charts use. Changes of sign and New and Full Moons are searched to the minute in UTC, and eclipses are dated by the moment they peak. If you were born close to a change, your birth time and place decide. How we calculate the sky shows the checks.