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Tuesday, August 5, 2025 falls on a Tuesday. It is day 217 of the year, ISO week 32, in Q3.

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Tuesday, August 5

August 5, 2025 is day 217 of 365, ISO week 32, in Q3. The moon is Waxing Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Leo.

Day of year217
ISO week32
QuarterQ3
Days left148

Sun and Moon Cycles

Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
Lunar age
11.1 days
Illumination
85%
Season
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere

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Leo
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August 5
Observance Abel of Reims
Observance Addai
Observance Afra
Observance Cassian of Autun
Observance Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
Observance Emygdius
Observance Margaret the Barefooted
Observance Memnius

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2015: United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silver.... Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 5.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silver...

A python killed two boys in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Radio Network House (pictured), damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be demolished by implosion in New Zealand.

An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

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