September 1989

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 2%
14. 2 6%
15. 3 11%
16. 4 17%
17. 5 25%
18. 6 34%
19. 7 43%
20. 8 First qtr
21. 9 63%
22. 10 72%
23. 11 81%
24. 12 89%
25. 13 95%
26. 14 99%
27. 15 Full
28. 16 98%
29. 17 93%
30. 18 86%
31. 19 76%
32. 20 66%
33. 21 Last qtr
34. 22 44%
35. 23 34%
36. 24 24%
37. 25 16%
38. 26 10%
39. 27 5%
40. 28 1%
41. 29 New
42. 30 1%

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

Events in September 1989

1. Sat, Sep 211:31 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Sep 31:31 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Sep 4

   Apogee

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

4. Fri, Sep 85:49 AM

   First Quarter

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

5. Sat, Sep 911:44 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Sep 98:36 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

7. Sat, Sep 910:54 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Sep 102:34 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, Sep 103:15 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Sep 157:51 AM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

11. Sat, Sep 16

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.

12. Thu, Sep 2110:10 PM

    Last Quarter

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

13. Fri, Sep 223:36 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Sep 229:19 PM

    September equinox

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

15. Sat, Sep 237:58 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Sep 246:01 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

17. Thu, Sep 2811:39 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Sep 293:18 PM

    Mars behind the Sun

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

19. Fri, Sep 295:42 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Sep 295:47 PM

    New Moon

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

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