September 1942

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 60%
11. 2 Last qtr
12. 3 41%
13. 4 31%
14. 5 23%
15. 6 15%
16. 7 9%
17. 8 4%
18. 9 1%
19. 10 New
20. 11 1%
21. 12 5%
22. 13 10%
23. 14 18%
24. 15 28%
25. 16 38%
26. 17 First qtr
27. 18 61%
28. 19 72%
29. 20 82%
30. 21 90%
31. 22 95%
32. 23 99%
33. 24 Full
34. 25 99%
35. 26 95%
36. 27 90%
37. 28 83%
38. 29 75%
39. 30 67%

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

Events in September 1942

1. Wed, Sep 22:59 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

2. Wed, Sep 211:42 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Wed, Sep 24:48 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 4

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

5. Sat, Sep 56:38 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Sep 912:09 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Sep 1011:39 AM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

8. Thu, Sep 1011:53 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Fri, Sep 113:56 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Sep 119:04 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

11. Fri, Sep 119:36 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Sep 1512:57 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Wed, Sep 166:26 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Sep 1712:57 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Fri, Sep 18

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.

16. Wed, Sep 232:50 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

17. Wed, Sep 2312:16 PM

    September equinox

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

18. Thu, Sep 2410:34 AM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

19. Wed, Sep 301:50 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

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