September 1970

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 1%
11. 2 3%
12. 3 7%
13. 4 13%
14. 5 20%
15. 6 28%
16. 7 38%
17. 8 First qtr
18. 9 59%
19. 10 70%
20. 11 80%
21. 12 89%
22. 13 95%
23. 14 99%
24. 15 Full
25. 16 98%
26. 17 93%
27. 18 86%
28. 19 77%
29. 20 68%
30. 21 58%
31. 22 Last qtr
32. 23 38%
33. 24 29%
34. 25 21%
35. 26 13%
36. 27 8%
37. 28 3%
38. 29 1%
39. 30 New

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

Events in September 1970

1. Tue, Sep 13:32 AM

   Venus at greatest elongation

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

2. Wed, Sep 29:21 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Sep 35:13 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 410:19 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Sep 510:17 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

6. Tue, Sep 83:38 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Fri, Sep 117:01 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Sep 122:12 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

9. Mon, Sep 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

10. Tue, Sep 157:09 AM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

11. Tue, Sep 225:42 AM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Wed, Sep 236:59 AM

    September equinox

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

13. Sun, Sep 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

14. Mon, Sep 2810:21 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

15. Mon, Sep 285:00 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Sep 286:22 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.

17. Mon, Sep 287:37 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Sep 3010:32 AM

    New Moon

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

19. Wed, Sep 302:35 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

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