September 2040

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 21%
15. 2 14%
16. 3 8%
17. 4 4%
18. 5 1%
19. 6 New
20. 7 1%
21. 8 4%
22. 9 9%
23. 10 16%
24. 11 25%
25. 12 35%
26. 13 First qtr
27. 14 57%
28. 15 68%
29. 16 78%
30. 17 87%
31. 18 94%
32. 19 98%
33. 20 Full
34. 21 99%
35. 22 95%
36. 23 90%
37. 24 82%
38. 25 74%
39. 26 65%
40. 27 55%
41. 28 Last qtr
42. 29 36%
43. 30 28%

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

Events in September 2040

1. Sat, Sep 11:25 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

2. Sat, Sep 11:48 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Sep 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

4. Mon, Sep 36:39 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Sep 64:51 AM

   Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

6. Thu, Sep 611:14 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Thu, Sep 63:03 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Sep 77:50 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Sep 79:22 PM

   Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

10. Sat, Sep 85:20 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 86:26 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Sep 86:47 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

13. Sat, Sep 82:51 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Sep 84:19 PM

    Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

15. Sat, Sep 87:27 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Sep 912:06 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Sep 118:50 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

18. Tue, Sep 1110:27 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

19. Tue, Sep 112:01 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

20. Wed, Sep 1211:31 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

21. Thu, Sep 1310:07 PM

    First Quarter

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

22. Tue, Sep 18

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.

23. Tue, Sep 187:31 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

24. Thu, Sep 201:43 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

25. Fri, Sep 2111:12 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

26. Sat, Sep 225:44 AM

    September equinox

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

27. Sun, Sep 235:16 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

28. Wed, Sep 266:00 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

29. Fri, Sep 2812:41 AM

    Last Quarter

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

30. Sat, Sep 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

31. Sun, Sep 304:32 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

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