September 1983

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 37%
13. 2 27%
14. 3 17%
15. 4 9%
16. 5 3%
17. 6 New
18. 7 1%
19. 8 4%
20. 9 9%
21. 10 17%
22. 11 26%
23. 12 36%
24. 13 First qtr
25. 14 56%
26. 15 65%
27. 16 74%
28. 17 82%
29. 18 88%
30. 19 94%
31. 20 97%
32. 21 99%
33. 22 Full
34. 23 98%
35. 24 94%
36. 25 89%
37. 26 82%
38. 27 73%
39. 28 63%
40. 29 Last qtr
41. 30 41%

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

Events in September 1983

1. Sun, Sep 411:53 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Sep 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.

3. Tue, Sep 610:35 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Sat, Sep 104:23 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Sep 122:39 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Sep 124:58 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.

7. Mon, Sep 125:15 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Sep 1310:24 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Wed, Sep 149:37 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Sep 1511:41 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Sun, Sep 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

12. Thu, Sep 222:36 AM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

13. Fri, Sep 2310:41 AM

    September equinox

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

14. Sun, Sep 259:44 AM

    Jupiter and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Sep 283:43 PM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

16. Thu, Sep 294:05 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.