September 1961

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 Last qtr
14. 2 43%
15. 3 33%
16. 4 25%
17. 5 17%
18. 6 10%
19. 7 5%
20. 8 2%
21. 9 New
22. 10 0%
23. 11 2%
24. 12 6%
25. 13 12%
26. 14 19%
27. 15 28%
28. 16 37%
29. 17 First qtr
30. 18 59%
31. 19 70%
32. 20 80%
33. 21 89%
34. 22 95%
35. 23 99%
36. 24 Full
37. 25 98%
38. 26 93%
39. 27 87%
40. 28 78%
41. 29 69%
42. 30 59%

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

Events in September 1961

1. Fri, Sep 17:05 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Wed, Sep 67:12 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Sep 7

   Apogee

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

4. Fri, Sep 86:46 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Sep 910:50 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Mon, Sep 119:51 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Sep 125:55 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Sep 1210:28 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Sep 145:14 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Sep 174:23 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Tue, Sep 195:31 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Sep 198:37 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

13. Wed, Sep 2012:17 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Sep 2010:48 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Sep 2111:46 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Sep 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.

17. Sat, Sep 232:42 AM

    September equinox

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

18. Sun, Sep 247:33 AM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

19. Thu, Sep 286:33 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

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