September 1923

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 68%
15. 2 58%
16. 3 Last qtr
17. 4 39%
18. 5 30%
19. 6 21%
20. 7 13%
21. 8 6%
22. 9 2%
23. 10 New
24. 11 1%
25. 12 5%
26. 13 11%
27. 14 20%
28. 15 30%
29. 16 41%
30. 17 First qtr
31. 18 63%
32. 19 73%
33. 20 82%
34. 21 89%
35. 22 95%
36. 23 98%
37. 24 Full
38. 25 100%
39. 26 98%
40. 27 94%
41. 28 88%
42. 29 82%
43. 30 74%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in September 1923

1. Sun, Sep 26:50 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

2. Mon, Sep 38:47 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

3. Sat, Sep 85:19 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Sep 92:50 AM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

5. Sun, Sep 99:59 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Sep 106:22 AM

   Venus behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

7. Mon, Sep 104:47 PM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

8. Mon, Sep 104:52 PM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

9. Mon, Sep 105:05 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Sep 12

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.

11. Wed, Sep 128:53 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Sep 144:05 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Sep 178:04 AM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

14. Sun, Sep 231:58 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Sep 2310:03 PM

    September equinox

    Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.

16. Mon, Sep 249:16 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

17. Wed, Sep 269:22 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Sep 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

19. Sat, Sep 2912:11 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.