August 2026 at a glance
August 2026 has 31 days. It starts on a Saturday and ends on a Monday, with 21 weekdays and 10 weekend days (5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays). It covers ISO weeks 31 to 36, and days 213 to 243 of the year.
Week by week
Week 31 runs from Mon, Jul 27 to Sun, Aug 2; week 32 from Mon, Aug 3 to Sun, Aug 9; week 33 from Mon, Aug 10 to Sun, Aug 16; week 34 from Mon, Aug 17 to Sun, Aug 23; week 35 from Mon, Aug 24 to Sun, Aug 30; week 36 from Mon, Aug 31 to Sun, Sep 6. By the end of August, 243 days of 2026 have gone by (67%) and 122 remain. August is part of the third quarter (Q3), which has 64 working days in all.
Holidays in August 2026
There is no federal holiday in August 2026, so all 21 weekdays are working days. The next federal holiday is Labor Day, on Monday, September 7.
Moon, seasons and clocks
Moon phases in Eastern Time: last quarter on Wednesday, August 5 at 10:22 PM, new moon on Wednesday, August 12 at 1:37 PM, first quarter on Wednesday, August 19 at 10:46 PM and full moon on Friday, August 28 at 12:19 AM. The full moon of August 28 is traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon. Total solar eclipse over Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain; partial in much of Canada and the northern US, on Wednesday, August 12. Partial lunar eclipse, visible across most of North America around midnight, on Friday, August 28.
| Key date | Day |
|---|---|
| Last quarter | Wed, Aug 5 |
| New moon | Wed, Aug 12 |
| Total solar eclipse over Greenland | Wed, Aug 12 |
| First quarter | Wed, Aug 19 |
| Full moon (Sturgeon Moon) | Fri, Aug 28 |
| Partial lunar eclipse | Fri, Aug 28 |
About August
August honors Augustus, the first Roman emperor. It is a summer month without a federal holiday, the month of back-to-school shopping in many states, and the season of the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks around August 12 or 13.
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