September 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 99%
15. 2 Full
16. 3 99%
17. 4 97%
18. 5 93%
19. 6 87%
20. 7 80%
21. 8 72%
22. 9 62%
23. 10 Last qtr
24. 11 41%
25. 12 30%
26. 13 20%
27. 14 11%
28. 15 5%
29. 16 1%
30. 17 New
31. 18 2%
32. 19 7%
33. 20 14%
34. 21 23%
35. 22 33%
36. 23 43%
37. 24 First qtr
38. 25 62%
39. 26 71%
40. 27 80%
41. 28 87%
42. 29 92%
43. 30 96%

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

Events in September 2001

1. Sat, Sep 14:43 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Sep 1

   Apogee

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

3. Sun, Sep 25:43 PM

   Full Moon Corn MoonMicromoon

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

4. Mon, Sep 108:50 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Sep 103:00 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, Sep 128:32 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Sep 154:35 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Sep 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.

9. Mon, Sep 176:27 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Tue, Sep 186:26 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Sat, Sep 227:04 PM

    September equinox

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

12. Mon, Sep 245:31 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Mon, Sep 248:15 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Sep 272:24 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Sep 289:14 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Sep 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

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