September 1984

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 42%
15. 2 First qtr
16. 3 63%
17. 4 73%
18. 5 81%
19. 6 88%
20. 7 94%
21. 8 97%
22. 9 99%
23. 10 Full
24. 11 98%
25. 12 95%
26. 13 90%
27. 14 84%
28. 15 76%
29. 16 67%
30. 17 58%
31. 18 Last qtr
32. 19 37%
33. 20 27%
34. 21 17%
35. 22 9%
36. 23 3%
37. 24 New
38. 25 1%
39. 26 4%
40. 27 9%
41. 28 17%
42. 29 27%
43. 30 37%

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

Events in September 1984

1. Sun, Sep 23:59 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Sep 25:36 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Sep 26:30 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Sun, Sep 27:43 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.

5. Mon, Sep 34:24 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Sep 34:54 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Sep 35:11 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Sep 412:50 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Sep 103:01 AM

   Full Moon Harvest MoonMicromoon

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

10. Tue, Sep 11

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

11. Thu, Sep 139:16 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

12. Tue, Sep 185:31 AM

    Last Quarter

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

13. Sat, Sep 224:33 PM

    September equinox

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

14. Mon, Sep 241:06 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Sep 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

16. Mon, Sep 2411:11 PM

    New Moon

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

17. Wed, Sep 269:50 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Sep 275:49 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Sep 292:16 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

20. Sun, Sep 308:10 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

21. Sun, Sep 3011:13 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

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