September 1952

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 91%
10. 2 97%
11. 3 Full
12. 4 100%
13. 5 97%
14. 6 91%
15. 7 83%
16. 8 74%
17. 9 65%
18. 10 Last qtr
19. 11 45%
20. 12 35%
21. 13 26%
22. 14 18%
23. 15 12%
24. 16 6%
25. 17 3%
26. 18 0%
27. 19 New
28. 20 2%
29. 21 6%
30. 22 11%
31. 23 18%
32. 24 27%
33. 25 37%
34. 26 First qtr
35. 27 59%
36. 28 71%
37. 29 81%
38. 30 89%

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

Events in September 1952

1. Wed, Sep 3

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.

2. Wed, Sep 311:19 PM

   Full Moon Corn MoonSupermoon

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

3. Wed, Sep 1010:36 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Sat, Sep 138:54 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Sep 155:33 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Sep 15

   Apogee

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

7. Thu, Sep 184:42 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Sep 193:22 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 194:19 PM

   Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Sep 198:51 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 208:20 PM

    Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Sep 212:11 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

13. Mon, Sep 2210:23 PM

    September equinox

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

14. Wed, Sep 249:48 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

15. Thu, Sep 251:57 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Sep 264:31 PM

    First Quarter

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

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