September 1982

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 97%
12. 2 99%
13. 3 Full
14. 4 98%
15. 5 95%
16. 6 89%
17. 7 82%
18. 8 72%
19. 9 62%
20. 10 Last qtr
21. 11 39%
22. 12 28%
23. 13 19%
24. 14 10%
25. 15 5%
26. 16 1%
27. 17 New
28. 18 2%
29. 19 6%
30. 20 12%
31. 21 19%
32. 22 27%
33. 23 36%
34. 24 45%
35. 25 First qtr
36. 26 64%
37. 27 73%
38. 28 81%
39. 29 88%
40. 30 94%

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

Events in September 1982

1. Fri, Sep 38:28 AM

   Full Moon Corn Moon

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

2. Mon, Sep 612:32 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

3. Fri, Sep 101:19 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Mon, Sep 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.

5. Thu, Sep 168:59 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Sep 178:09 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Sun, Sep 198:22 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Sep 205:23 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Sep 219:45 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Sep 2211:15 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Sep 2212:00 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Sep 2212:40 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Sep 234:46 AM

    September equinox

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

14. Fri, Sep 249:06 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Sep 2512:07 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Sat, Sep 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

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