September 2008

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 4%
10. 2 9%
11. 3 16%
12. 4 24%
13. 5 32%
14. 6 41%
15. 7 First qtr
16. 8 60%
17. 9 69%
18. 10 78%
19. 11 86%
20. 12 92%
21. 13 97%
22. 14 99%
23. 15 Full
24. 16 98%
25. 17 93%
26. 18 87%
27. 19 78%
28. 20 68%
29. 21 56%
30. 22 Last qtr
31. 23 34%
32. 24 24%
33. 25 15%
34. 26 8%
35. 27 3%
36. 28 1%
37. 29 New
38. 30 2%

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

Events in September 2008

1. Mon, Sep 112:23 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Sep 14:55 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Sep 16:47 PM

   Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Mon, Sep 111:58 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Sep 310:02 PM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

6. Fri, Sep 57:09 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

7. Sun, Sep 710:04 AM

   First Quarter

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

8. Sun, Sep 7

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

9. Mon, Sep 81:44 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Sep 94:53 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Sep 1112:30 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Thu, Sep 1110:06 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Sep 129:28 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Sep 1210:07 PM

    Uranus at opposition

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

15. Sun, Sep 149:36 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Sep 151:08 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Sep 155:14 AM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

18. Fri, Sep 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.

19. Mon, Sep 221:04 AM

    Last Quarter

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

20. Mon, Sep 2211:44 AM

    September equinox

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

21. Tue, Sep 236:49 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

22. Sat, Sep 2712:29 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

23. Mon, Sep 294:12 AM

    New Moon

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

24. Tue, Sep 306:30 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

25. Tue, Sep 307:43 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

26. Tue, Sep 308:20 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

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