Moon calendar
September 2014
- 1 42%
- 2 First qtr
- 3 63%
- 4 74%
- 5 83%
- 6 91%
- 7 97%
- 8 Full
- 9 99%
- 10 96%
- 11 91%
- 12 83%
- 13 74%
- 14 64%
- 15 Last qtr
- 16 44%
- 17 35%
- 18 26%
- 19 18%
- 20 12%
- 21 6%
- 22 2%
- 23 0%
- 24 New
- 25 2%
- 26 6%
- 27 11%
- 28 19%
- 29 27%
- 30 38%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in September 2014
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7:11 AM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
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5:08 AM
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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9:38 PM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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8:57 PM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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10:05 PM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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6:15 PM
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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10:29 PM
September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
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8:15 AM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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2:14 AM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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8:39 AM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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12:46 AM
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.