September 1957

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 New
9. 2 65%
10. 3 74%
11. 4 82%
12. 5 89%
13. 6 94%
14. 7 98%
15. 8 100%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 98%
18. 11 95%
19. 12 89%
20. 13 83%
21. 14 75%
22. 15 66%
23. 16 55%
24. 17 Last qtr
25. 18 34%
26. 19 24%
27. 20 14%
28. 21 7%
29. 22 2%
30. 23 New
31. 24 1%
32. 25 5%
33. 26 11%
34. 27 20%
35. 28 29%
36. 29 39%
37. 30 First qtr

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

Events in September 1957

1. Sun, Sep 112:35 AM

   New Moon

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

2. Sat, Sep 77:28 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Sep 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

4. Mon, Sep 912:55 AM

   Full Moon Harvest MoonMicromoon

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

5. Mon, Sep 94:25 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

6. Sat, Sep 148:35 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Sep 1712:02 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sat, Sep 2110:46 AM

   Mars behind the Sun

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

9. Sun, Sep 2210:20 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Sep 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.

11. Mon, Sep 233:25 AM

    September equinox

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

12. Mon, Sep 232:06 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Sep 233:19 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Tue, Sep 245:56 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Sep 252:36 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

16. Wed, Sep 254:43 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Sep 263:06 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Sep 2810:12 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Sep 301:49 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.