September 1971

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 84%
12. 2 91%
13. 3 97%
14. 4 100%
15. 5 Full
16. 6 97%
17. 7 91%
18. 8 83%
19. 9 73%
20. 10 62%
21. 11 Last qtr
22. 12 40%
23. 13 30%
24. 14 22%
25. 15 14%
26. 16 8%
27. 17 3%
28. 18 1%
29. 19 New
30. 20 1%
31. 21 4%
32. 22 8%
33. 23 14%
34. 24 22%
35. 25 30%
36. 26 40%
37. 27 First qtr
38. 28 60%
39. 29 70%
40. 30 80%

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

Events in September 1971

1. Sun, Sep 512:02 AM

   Full Moon Corn MoonSupermoon

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

2. Mon, Sep 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

3. Sat, Sep 112:23 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Sun, Sep 121:07 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Thu, Sep 1612:29 AM

   Jupiter and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Sep 1711:29 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Sep 1910:42 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Tue, Sep 21

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

9. Thu, Sep 2312:44 PM

   September equinox

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

10. Fri, Sep 249:39 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

11. Mon, Sep 271:18 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Tue, Sep 2810:11 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 302:12 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

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