September 1969

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 70%
10. 2 60%
11. 3 Last qtr
12. 4 41%
13. 5 32%
14. 6 23%
15. 7 16%
16. 8 9%
17. 9 5%
18. 10 1%
19. 11 New
20. 12 1%
21. 13 4%
22. 14 9%
23. 15 15%
24. 16 24%
25. 17 34%
26. 18 First qtr
27. 19 57%
28. 20 68%
29. 21 78%
30. 22 87%
31. 23 94%
32. 24 98%
33. 25 Full
34. 26 99%
35. 27 96%
36. 28 91%
37. 29 84%
38. 30 76%

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

Events in September 1969

1. Wed, Sep 312:33 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Wed, Sep 312:58 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Thu, Sep 412:51 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Sep 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

5. Mon, Sep 85:19 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Sep 113:56 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Sep 113:58 PM

   Annular solar eclipse

   The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

8. Fri, Sep 127:34 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Sep 128:14 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

10. Sat, Sep 135:19 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 139:10 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Sep 134:04 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 1810:25 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Fri, Sep 193:11 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Sep 22

    Perigee

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

16. Mon, Sep 2212:29 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Sep 231:06 AM

    September equinox

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

18. Thu, Sep 254:09 PM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

19. Thu, Sep 254:21 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

20. Sat, Sep 271:01 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

21. Mon, Sep 295:23 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

22. Tue, Sep 301:25 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

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