September 1988

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 66%
13. 2 Last qtr
14. 3 45%
15. 4 35%
16. 5 26%
17. 6 18%
18. 7 11%
19. 8 6%
20. 9 2%
21. 10 0%
22. 11 New
23. 12 2%
24. 13 5%
25. 14 11%
26. 15 17%
27. 16 26%
28. 17 35%
29. 18 First qtr
30. 19 56%
31. 20 67%
32. 21 77%
33. 22 86%
34. 23 93%
35. 24 98%
36. 25 Full
37. 26 99%
38. 27 95%
39. 28 88%
40. 29 80%
41. 30 71%

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

Events in September 1988

1. Fri, Sep 211:50 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Sep 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

3. Sun, Sep 1112:43 AM

   Annular solar eclipse

   The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

4. Sun, Sep 1112:49 AM

   New Moon

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

5. Tue, Sep 1311:09 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Sep 156:36 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Sun, Sep 1811:13 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

8. Sun, Sep 1811:18 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Mon, Sep 1912:35 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Sep 223:29 PM

    September equinox

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

11. Sat, Sep 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.

12. Sun, Sep 253:07 PM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

13. Tue, Sep 2711:26 PM

    Mars at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

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