September 1999

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 64%
12. 2 Last qtr
13. 3 42%
14. 4 31%
15. 5 21%
16. 6 12%
17. 7 6%
18. 8 2%
19. 9 New
20. 10 1%
21. 11 3%
22. 12 8%
23. 13 14%
24. 14 22%
25. 15 30%
26. 16 39%
27. 17 First qtr
28. 18 58%
29. 19 67%
30. 20 76%
31. 21 84%
32. 22 91%
33. 23 96%
34. 24 99%
35. 25 Full
36. 26 98%
37. 27 93%
38. 28 86%
39. 29 77%
40. 30 67%

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

Events in September 1999

1. Wed, Sep 13:45 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Sep 2

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.

3. Thu, Sep 26:17 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Wed, Sep 810:43 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

5. Thu, Sep 96:02 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Thu, Sep 98:33 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Sep 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

8. Fri, Sep 174:06 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Mon, Sep 205:58 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Sep 213:55 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Sep 237:31 AM

    September equinox

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

12. Fri, Sep 2412:10 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

13. Sat, Sep 256:51 AM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

14. Mon, Sep 2711:05 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Sep 288:56 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Sep 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.

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