September 2000

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 13%
14. 2 22%
15. 3 31%
16. 4 40%
17. 5 First qtr
18. 6 59%
19. 7 69%
20. 8 77%
21. 9 84%
22. 10 91%
23. 11 95%
24. 12 99%
25. 13 Full
26. 14 99%
27. 15 96%
28. 16 91%
29. 17 84%
30. 18 76%
31. 19 66%
32. 20 Last qtr
33. 21 43%
34. 22 32%
35. 23 22%
36. 24 13%
37. 25 6%
38. 26 2%
39. 27 New
40. 28 1%
41. 29 4%
42. 30 10%

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

Events in September 2000

1. Tue, Sep 512:28 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Sep 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

3. Sat, Sep 97:04 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Sep 1010:15 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Sep 133:37 PM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

6. Mon, Sep 1810:00 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Sep 193:40 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Sep 209:28 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Fri, Sep 221:27 PM

   September equinox

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

10. Sun, Sep 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.

11. Mon, Sep 252:13 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Sep 273:53 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Fri, Sep 292:12 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

14. Fri, Sep 2911:35 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

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