September 2005

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 4%
13. 2 1%
14. 3 New
15. 4 1%
16. 5 3%
17. 6 8%
18. 7 14%
19. 8 22%
20. 9 31%
21. 10 41%
22. 11 First qtr
23. 12 63%
24. 13 74%
25. 14 84%
26. 15 91%
27. 16 97%
28. 17 Full
29. 18 100%
30. 19 97%
31. 20 91%
32. 21 84%
33. 22 75%
34. 23 66%
35. 24 56%
36. 25 Last qtr
37. 26 37%
38. 27 28%
39. 28 20%
40. 29 13%
41. 30 7%

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

Events in September 2005

1. Thu, Sep 17:28 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Sep 27:44 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Sep 32:46 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Tue, Sep 65:48 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

5. Tue, Sep 66:16 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Sep 74:33 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Sep 117:37 AM

   First Quarter

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

8. Thu, Sep 155:46 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Sep 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.

10. Fri, Sep 166:28 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 1710:01 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

12. Sat, Sep 1710:23 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

13. Thu, Sep 226:22 PM

    September equinox

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

14. Sun, Sep 252:41 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Wed, Sep 283:35 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Sep 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

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