September 1996

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 80%
9. 2 71%
10. 3 61%
11. 4 Last qtr
12. 5 42%
13. 6 32%
14. 7 24%
15. 8 16%
16. 9 10%
17. 10 5%
18. 11 2%
19. 12 New
20. 13 0%
21. 14 3%
22. 15 7%
23. 16 13%
24. 17 21%
25. 18 31%
26. 19 41%
27. 20 First qtr
28. 21 64%
29. 22 74%
30. 23 84%
31. 24 92%
32. 25 97%
33. 26 Full
34. 27 100%
35. 28 97%
36. 29 92%
37. 30 85%

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

Events in September 1996

1. Tue, Sep 33:33 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Sep 43:06 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, Sep 812:51 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Sun, Sep 85:33 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Sep 8

   Apogee

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

6. Thu, Sep 127:07 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Fri, Sep 1311:40 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Sep 178:56 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

9. Fri, Sep 207:23 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Sun, Sep 225:25 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Sep 2211:43 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Sep 222:00 PM

    September equinox

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

13. Tue, Sep 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.

14. Thu, Sep 262:57 PM

    Saturn at opposition

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

15. Thu, Sep 2610:16 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Sep 2610:51 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

17. Thu, Sep 2610:54 PM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

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