September 1953

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 37%
11. 2 28%
12. 3 19%
13. 4 12%
14. 5 6%
15. 6 3%
16. 7 0%
17. 8 New
18. 9 2%
19. 10 5%
20. 11 10%
21. 12 16%
22. 13 24%
23. 14 33%
24. 15 43%
25. 16 First qtr
26. 17 63%
27. 18 73%
28. 19 83%
29. 20 91%
30. 21 96%
31. 22 99%
32. 23 Full
33. 24 96%
34. 25 91%
35. 26 83%
36. 27 73%
37. 28 63%
38. 29 Last qtr
39. 30 42%

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

Events in September 1953

1. Tue, Sep 111:29 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Sep 35:02 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Sep 411:12 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Sep 610:25 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Sep 75:22 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

6. Tue, Sep 83:48 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Wed, Sep 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

8. Fri, Sep 1112:24 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Sep 165:50 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Wed, Sep 2312:16 AM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

11. Wed, Sep 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.

12. Wed, Sep 234:06 AM

    September equinox

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

13. Mon, Sep 289:44 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Sep 294:52 PM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Tue, Sep 296:34 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Sep 3011:27 AM

    Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

17. Wed, Sep 3011:47 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

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