September 1938

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 First qtr
13. 2 59%
14. 3 68%
15. 4 77%
16. 5 84%
17. 6 90%
18. 7 95%
19. 8 98%
20. 9 Full
21. 10 99%
22. 11 96%
23. 12 92%
24. 13 85%
25. 14 76%
26. 15 66%
27. 16 Last qtr
28. 17 44%
29. 18 33%
30. 19 22%
31. 20 13%
32. 21 7%
33. 22 2%
34. 23 New
35. 24 1%
36. 25 4%
37. 26 10%
38. 27 16%
39. 28 25%
40. 29 33%
41. 30 43%

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

Events in September 1938

1. Thu, Sep 11:28 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Sep 4

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

3. Tue, Sep 62:55 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 94:08 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

5. Sat, Sep 109:50 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

6. Tue, Sep 134:06 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

7. Wed, Sep 145:05 AM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

8. Wed, Sep 148:31 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Sep 168:41 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Sep 1611:12 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Tue, Sep 20

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.

12. Thu, Sep 2211:07 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 227:20 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

14. Fri, Sep 231:00 PM

    September equinox

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

15. Fri, Sep 234:34 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Mon, Sep 264:12 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Sep 276:29 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

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