September 2009

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 92%
11. 2 96%
12. 3 99%
13. 4 Full
14. 5 99%
15. 6 96%
16. 7 91%
17. 8 84%
18. 9 76%
19. 10 66%
20. 11 Last qtr
21. 12 44%
22. 13 33%
23. 14 22%
24. 15 13%
25. 16 6%
26. 17 2%
27. 18 New
28. 19 1%
29. 20 5%
30. 21 11%
31. 22 18%
32. 23 26%
33. 24 35%
34. 25 45%
35. 26 First qtr
36. 27 64%
37. 28 73%
38. 29 81%
39. 30 88%

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

Events in September 2009

1. Wed, Sep 23:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Sep 24:21 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

3. Thu, Sep 31:19 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 412:03 PM

   Full Moon Corn Moon

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

5. Fri, Sep 1110:16 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sun, Sep 1312:10 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Sep 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.

8. Wed, Sep 1612:11 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Sep 175:27 AM

   Uranus at opposition

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

10. Thu, Sep 172:23 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

11. Fri, Sep 182:44 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Fri, Sep 185:12 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

13. Fri, Sep 187:56 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Sep 205:58 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Tue, Sep 225:09 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Sep 225:19 PM

    September equinox

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

17. Sat, Sep 2612:50 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Sun, Sep 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

19. Tue, Sep 296:24 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Sep 297:04 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

21. Wed, Sep 307:34 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

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