September 1949

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 70%
13. 2 79%
14. 3 87%
15. 4 93%
16. 5 97%
17. 6 99%
18. 7 Full
19. 8 99%
20. 9 95%
21. 10 91%
22. 11 85%
23. 12 77%
24. 13 69%
25. 14 59%
26. 15 Last qtr
27. 16 39%
28. 17 29%
29. 18 20%
30. 19 12%
31. 20 5%
32. 21 1%
33. 22 New
34. 23 2%
35. 24 7%
36. 25 15%
37. 26 24%
38. 27 34%
39. 28 First qtr
40. 29 56%
41. 30 66%

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

Events in September 1949

1. Fri, Sep 25:30 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

2. Sat, Sep 31:54 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Sep 76:00 AM

   Full Moon Corn Moon

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

4. Wed, Sep 76:48 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Sat, Sep 101:13 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Sep 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

7. Thu, Sep 1510:29 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Sep 169:43 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Sep 187:46 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Sep 214:54 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Sep 228:21 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Thu, Sep 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.

13. Fri, Sep 235:05 AM

    September equinox

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

14. Fri, Sep 238:26 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Sep 233:22 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Sep 236:59 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Sun, Sep 254:36 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Sep 2811:19 PM

    First Quarter

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

19. Thu, Sep 295:45 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Sep 306:14 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

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