September 2015

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 88%
11. 2 79%
12. 3 69%
13. 4 58%
14. 5 Last qtr
15. 6 37%
16. 7 27%
17. 8 19%
18. 9 12%
19. 10 6%
20. 11 2%
21. 12 0%
22. 13 New
23. 14 2%
24. 15 5%
25. 16 10%
26. 17 16%
27. 18 24%
28. 19 33%
29. 20 43%
30. 21 First qtr
31. 22 64%
32. 23 74%
33. 24 83%
34. 25 91%
35. 26 97%
36. 27 Full
37. 28 100%
38. 29 96%
39. 30 90%

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

Events in September 2015

1. Tue, Sep 112:36 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Sep 46:14 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Sat, Sep 55:54 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Thu, Sep 103:24 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Sep 103:59 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Sep 1111:45 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Sep 132:41 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Sun, Sep 132:54 AM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

9. Mon, Sep 14

   Apogee

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

10. Fri, Sep 1811:40 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 198:05 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

12. Mon, Sep 214:59 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Wed, Sep 234:20 AM

    September equinox

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

14. Sat, Sep 264:10 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Sep 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

16. Sun, Sep 2710:47 PM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

17. Sun, Sep 2710:51 PM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

18. Mon, Sep 289:29 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Sep 3010:32 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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