September 1958

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 90%
10. 2 83%
11. 3 75%
12. 4 67%
13. 5 58%
14. 6 Last qtr
15. 7 38%
16. 8 28%
17. 9 19%
18. 10 11%
19. 11 5%
20. 12 1%
21. 13 New
22. 14 2%
23. 15 7%
24. 16 14%
25. 17 23%
26. 18 34%
27. 19 First qtr
28. 20 56%
29. 21 66%
30. 22 76%
31. 23 84%
32. 24 90%
33. 25 95%
34. 26 99%
35. 27 Full
36. 28 99%
37. 29 97%
38. 30 93%

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

Events in September 1958

1. Tue, Sep 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

2. Thu, Sep 45:11 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Sep 57:53 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Sep 66:24 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Tue, Sep 94:54 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

6. Fri, Sep 121:43 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Sep 125:01 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

8. Sat, Sep 138:02 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Sep 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.

10. Tue, Sep 162:30 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Sep 164:45 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Sep 165:01 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 189:11 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Sep 1910:59 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Sep 1911:18 PM

    First Quarter

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

16. Tue, Sep 239:08 AM

    September equinox

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

17. Wed, Sep 2411:40 AM

    Jupiter and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Sep 275:44 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

19. Mon, Sep 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

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