September 1973

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 23%
15. 2 32%
16. 3 41%
17. 4 First qtr
18. 5 60%
19. 6 69%
20. 7 77%
21. 8 85%
22. 9 91%
23. 10 96%
24. 11 99%
25. 12 Full
26. 13 99%
27. 14 95%
28. 15 89%
29. 16 82%
30. 17 72%
31. 18 62%
32. 19 Last qtr
33. 20 39%
34. 21 28%
35. 22 18%
36. 23 10%
37. 24 5%
38. 25 1%
39. 26 New
40. 27 2%
41. 28 5%
42. 29 10%
43. 30 17%

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

Events in September 1973

1. Sun, Sep 24:09 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

2. Mon, Sep 38:54 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Sep 411:22 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Wed, Sep 512:59 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Sep 5

   Apogee

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

6. Sat, Sep 86:16 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Sep 1211:16 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

8. Wed, Sep 1912:11 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Thu, Sep 2012:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Sep 20

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

11. Sun, Sep 2312:21 AM

    September equinox

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

12. Wed, Sep 269:54 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Thu, Sep 277:51 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Sep 278:16 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

15. Thu, Sep 279:30 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Sep 2911:15 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

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