September 1980

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 Last qtr
10. 2 40%
11. 3 30%
12. 4 21%
13. 5 13%
14. 6 7%
15. 7 3%
16. 8 1%
17. 9 New
18. 10 2%
19. 11 5%
20. 12 9%
21. 13 16%
22. 14 23%
23. 15 32%
24. 16 41%
25. 17 First qtr
26. 18 61%
27. 19 71%
28. 20 81%
29. 21 89%
30. 22 95%
31. 23 99%
32. 24 Full
33. 25 98%
34. 26 93%
35. 27 85%
36. 28 76%
37. 29 66%
38. 30 Last qtr

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

Events in September 1980

1. Mon, Sep 12:08 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Wed, Sep 39:31 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Sep 55:44 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Sep 912:28 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Sep 96:00 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Tue, Sep 912:10 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Sep 105:37 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Sep 109:28 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Sep 1010:04 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Sep 12

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

11. Sat, Sep 136:00 AM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

12. Sun, Sep 146:19 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Sep 1712:36 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Sep 179:55 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Mon, Sep 225:08 PM

    September equinox

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

16. Mon, Sep 2210:08 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

17. Wed, Sep 248:08 AM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

18. Wed, Sep 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

19. Tue, Sep 3011:18 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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