September 2006

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 57%
14. 2 68%
15. 3 78%
16. 4 86%
17. 5 93%
18. 6 98%
19. 7 Full
20. 8 99%
21. 9 95%
22. 10 88%
23. 11 79%
24. 12 69%
25. 13 59%
26. 14 Last qtr
27. 15 38%
28. 16 28%
29. 17 20%
30. 18 13%
31. 19 7%
32. 20 3%
33. 21 1%
34. 22 New
35. 23 1%
36. 24 4%
37. 25 9%
38. 26 15%
39. 27 23%
40. 28 32%
41. 29 42%
42. 30 First qtr

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

Events in September 2006

1. Fri, Sep 112:34 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

2. Tue, Sep 56:39 AM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

3. Tue, Sep 57:18 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Sep 710:59 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Sep 72:42 PM

   Full Moon Corn MoonSupermoon

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

6. Thu, Sep 72:51 PM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

7. Thu, Sep 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.

8. Thu, Sep 147:16 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Fri, Sep 153:00 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Sep 1912:10 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Sep 2110:47 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Sep 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

13. Fri, Sep 227:40 AM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

14. Fri, Sep 227:45 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Sat, Sep 2312:03 AM

    September equinox

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

16. Sat, Sep 235:12 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Sep 235:12 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Sep 2310:00 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Sep 307:04 AM

    First Quarter

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

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