September 1974

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 Full
9. 2 99%
10. 3 97%
11. 4 92%
12. 5 86%
13. 6 78%
14. 7 69%
15. 8 59%
16. 9 Last qtr
17. 10 37%
18. 11 26%
19. 12 17%
20. 13 9%
21. 14 3%
22. 15 New
23. 16 1%
24. 17 4%
25. 18 9%
26. 19 16%
27. 20 25%
28. 21 34%
29. 22 44%
30. 23 First qtr
31. 24 63%
32. 25 72%
33. 26 80%
34. 27 87%
35. 28 93%
36. 29 97%
37. 30 99%

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

Events in September 1974

1. Sun, Sep 13:25 PM

   Full Moon Corn Moon

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

2. Sun, Sep 18:37 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Sep 54:09 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

4. Mon, Sep 98:01 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Wed, Sep 1111:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Sep 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.

7. Sun, Sep 1510:45 PM

   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 172:31 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Sep 185:34 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Sep 217:08 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Sep 233:08 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Mon, Sep 235:58 AM

    September equinox

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

13. Tue, Sep 247:17 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Sep 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

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