September 1960

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 81%
13. 2 89%
14. 3 96%
15. 4 99%
16. 5 Full
17. 6 98%
18. 7 94%
19. 8 88%
20. 9 80%
21. 10 71%
22. 11 62%
23. 12 Last qtr
24. 13 43%
25. 14 34%
26. 15 25%
27. 16 17%
28. 17 11%
29. 18 5%
30. 19 2%
31. 20 New
32. 21 1%
33. 22 3%
34. 23 8%
35. 24 15%
36. 25 24%
37. 26 35%
38. 27 First qtr
39. 28 57%
40. 29 68%
41. 30 78%

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

Events in September 1960

1. Thu, Sep 13:00 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Sep 2

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.

3. Mon, Sep 57:19 AM

   Full Moon Corn Moon

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

4. Mon, Sep 57:21 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

5. Mon, Sep 126:19 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Tue, Sep 135:50 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Sep 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

8. Sun, Sep 181:28 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Sep 206:59 PM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

10. Tue, Sep 207:13 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Thu, Sep 224:53 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Sep 226:17 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 228:05 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Sep 228:58 PM

    September equinox

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

15. Fri, Sep 236:34 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Sep 279:13 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Wed, Sep 289:06 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Sep 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.

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