September 2026

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 78%
11. 2 69%
12. 3 58%
13. 4 Last qtr
14. 5 35%
15. 6 24%
16. 7 15%
17. 8 8%
18. 9 3%
19. 10 New
20. 11 0%
21. 12 3%
22. 13 7%
23. 14 14%
24. 15 21%
25. 16 30%
26. 17 39%
27. 18 First qtr
28. 19 58%
29. 20 67%
30. 21 76%
31. 22 83%
32. 23 90%
33. 24 95%
34. 25 99%
35. 26 Full
36. 27 99%
37. 28 95%
38. 29 89%
39. 30 81%

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

Events in September 2026

1. Fri, Sep 43:51 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Sep 63:06 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Sep 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.

4. Tue, Sep 82:37 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Sep 1011:27 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sat, Sep 1212:21 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Sep 147:32 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Sep 184:44 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Fri, Sep 18

   Apogee

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

10. Tue, Sep 229:33 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

11. Tue, Sep 228:05 PM

    September equinox

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

12. Fri, Sep 259:26 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

13. Sat, Sep 2611:40 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Sep 2612:49 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

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