September 1976

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 56%
12. 2 67%
13. 3 76%
14. 4 85%
15. 5 92%
16. 6 96%
17. 7 99%
18. 8 Full
19. 9 99%
20. 10 96%
21. 11 91%
22. 12 85%
23. 13 78%
24. 14 69%
25. 15 60%
26. 16 Last qtr
27. 17 41%
28. 18 31%
29. 19 22%
30. 20 13%
31. 21 7%
32. 22 2%
33. 23 New
34. 24 1%
35. 25 5%
36. 26 12%
37. 27 20%
38. 28 30%
39. 29 41%
40. 30 First qtr

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

Events in September 1976

1. Wed, Sep 13:42 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Sep 212:22 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Sep 75:22 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

4. Tue, Sep 710:31 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Sep 88:52 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

6. Sat, Sep 1112:11 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Sep 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

8. Tue, Sep 143:53 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Sep 161:20 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Tue, Sep 219:27 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Wed, Sep 225:48 PM

    September equinox

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

12. Thu, Sep 2310:31 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 233:55 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Fri, Sep 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.

15. Fri, Sep 2411:50 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Sep 2512:03 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Sep 251:41 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Sep 2511:14 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

19. Sat, Sep 2511:14 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Sep 2810:38 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

21. Thu, Sep 307:12 AM

    First Quarter

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

22. Thu, Sep 303:04 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

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