September 2002

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 35%
9. 2 25%
10. 3 16%
11. 4 9%
12. 5 3%
13. 6 New
14. 7 1%
15. 8 4%
16. 9 10%
17. 10 18%
18. 11 28%
19. 12 38%
20. 13 First qtr
21. 14 60%
22. 15 70%
23. 16 79%
24. 17 86%
25. 18 92%
26. 19 96%
27. 20 99%
28. 21 Full
29. 22 99%
30. 23 96%
31. 24 92%
32. 25 86%
33. 26 78%
34. 27 70%
35. 28 61%
36. 29 Last qtr
37. 30 40%

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

Events in September 2002

1. Sun, Sep 16:17 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Sun, Sep 112:55 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Sep 410:52 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 68:21 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Sep 611:10 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sat, Sep 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

7. Fri, Sep 132:08 PM

   First Quarter

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

8. Tue, Sep 177:13 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Sep 184:52 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Sep 219:59 AM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonMicromoon

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

11. Sun, Sep 22

    Apogee

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

12. Mon, Sep 2312:55 AM

    September equinox

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

13. Fri, Sep 272:23 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

14. Sat, Sep 2811:00 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Sep 291:03 PM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Sun, Sep 296:10 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

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