September 1962

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 6%
15. 2 11%
16. 3 18%
17. 4 26%
18. 5 34%
19. 6 44%
20. 7 First qtr
21. 8 64%
22. 9 74%
23. 10 83%
24. 11 91%
25. 12 97%
26. 13 100%
27. 14 Full
28. 15 96%
29. 16 91%
30. 17 83%
31. 18 73%
32. 19 62%
33. 20 Last qtr
34. 21 41%
35. 22 31%
36. 23 23%
37. 24 15%
38. 25 9%
39. 26 4%
40. 27 1%
41. 28 New
42. 29 1%
43. 30 3%

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

Events in September 1962

1. Sat, Sep 1

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

2. Mon, Sep 33:10 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

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

3. Tue, Sep 410:16 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 72:45 AM

   First Quarter

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

5. Mon, Sep 106:50 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

6. Mon, Sep 1010:37 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Sep 1312:45 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Sep 1412:11 AM

   Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

9. Fri, Sep 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.

10. Thu, Sep 203:36 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Sat, Sep 228:08 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Sep 238:36 AM

    September equinox

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

13. Tue, Sep 2510:17 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Sep 283:39 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Sep 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

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