September 1968

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 69%
9. 2 79%
10. 3 87%
11. 4 94%
12. 5 98%
13. 6 Full
14. 7 99%
15. 8 97%
16. 9 92%
17. 10 86%
18. 11 79%
19. 12 70%
20. 13 61%
21. 14 Last qtr
22. 15 42%
23. 16 33%
24. 17 24%
25. 18 16%
26. 19 9%
27. 20 4%
28. 21 1%
29. 22 New
30. 23 2%
31. 24 6%
32. 25 13%
33. 26 22%
34. 27 33%
35. 28 44%
36. 29 First qtr
37. 30 66%

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

Events in September 1968

1. Fri, Sep 66:07 PM

   Full Moon Corn Moon

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

2. Sun, Sep 88:32 PM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

3. Mon, Sep 99:31 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

5. Sat, Sep 144:31 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Fri, Sep 201:30 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Sep 2012:33 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Sat, Sep 211:12 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Sep 227:08 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Sun, Sep 227:18 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

11. Sun, Sep 227:19 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Sep 2210:00 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

13. Sun, Sep 227:26 PM

    September equinox

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

14. Tue, Sep 2412:53 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Sep 245:58 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Sep 246:11 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Sep 2412:10 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Sep 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.

19. Sun, Sep 291:07 AM

    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.