September 1997

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 New
10. 2 0%
11. 3 2%
12. 4 6%
13. 5 12%
14. 6 19%
15. 7 27%
16. 8 36%
17. 9 First qtr
18. 10 56%
19. 11 67%
20. 12 77%
21. 13 86%
22. 14 93%
23. 15 98%
24. 16 Full
25. 17 99%
26. 18 95%
27. 19 88%
28. 20 80%
29. 21 70%
30. 22 59%
31. 23 Last qtr
32. 24 39%
33. 25 30%
34. 26 21%
35. 27 14%
36. 28 8%
37. 29 4%
38. 30 1%

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

Events in September 1997

1. Mon, Sep 12:48 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Sep 17:52 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Mon, Sep 18:03 PM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

4. Tue, Sep 2

   Apogee

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

5. Fri, Sep 511:00 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Sep 99:31 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Fri, Sep 127:44 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Sep 137:32 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

9. Sat, Sep 138:39 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Sep 138:01 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 139:39 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Sep 16

    Perigee

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

13. Tue, Sep 162:46 PM

    Total lunar eclipse

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

14. Tue, Sep 162:51 PM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

15. Tue, Sep 165:21 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

16. Thu, Sep 185:52 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Sep 227:55 PM

    September equinox

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

18. Tue, Sep 239:35 AM

    Last Quarter

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

19. Mon, Sep 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

20. Tue, Sep 302:08 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

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