September 1954

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 17%
12. 2 24%
13. 3 33%
14. 4 42%
15. 5 First qtr
16. 6 61%
17. 7 71%
18. 8 80%
19. 9 87%
20. 10 94%
21. 11 98%
22. 12 Full
23. 13 99%
24. 14 95%
25. 15 89%
26. 16 80%
27. 17 70%
28. 18 59%
29. 19 Last qtr
30. 20 37%
31. 21 27%
32. 22 18%
33. 23 11%
34. 24 6%
35. 25 2%
36. 26 New
37. 27 1%
38. 28 3%
39. 29 7%
40. 30 12%

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

Events in September 1954

1. Wed, Sep 17:16 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

2. Wed, Sep 18:02 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Sep 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

4. Sun, Sep 58:29 AM

   First Quarter

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

5. Mon, Sep 62:05 AM

   Venus at greatest elongation

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

6. Tue, Sep 75:24 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Sep 124:20 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

8. Tue, Sep 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.

9. Sun, Sep 197:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Tue, Sep 2111:18 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Sep 211:31 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Tue, Sep 212:23 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 239:55 AM

    September equinox

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

14. Fri, Sep 2411:42 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Sep 267:51 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Tue, Sep 283:09 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

17. Wed, Sep 291:04 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Sep 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

19. Thu, Sep 305:58 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

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