September 2042

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 96%
10. 2 91%
11. 3 82%
12. 4 73%
13. 5 62%
14. 6 Last qtr
15. 7 40%
16. 8 30%
17. 9 21%
18. 10 13%
19. 11 7%
20. 12 3%
21. 13 1%
22. 14 New
23. 15 2%
24. 16 5%
25. 17 10%
26. 18 16%
27. 19 23%
28. 20 32%
29. 21 41%
30. 22 First qtr
31. 23 61%
32. 24 72%
33. 25 81%
34. 26 89%
35. 27 95%
36. 28 99%
37. 29 Full
38. 30 98%

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

Events in September 2042

1. Mon, Sep 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.

2. Thu, Sep 43:12 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Sep 61:09 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Thu, Sep 115:18 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Sep 144:50 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Mon, Sep 159:39 PM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Sep 17

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

8. Wed, Sep 177:05 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Sep 1710:08 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

10. Wed, Sep 172:01 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Sep 176:30 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

12. Wed, Sep 177:11 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Sep 179:31 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Sep 182:15 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Fri, Sep 196:22 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Sep 229:21 AM

    First Quarter

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

17. Mon, Sep 225:11 PM

    September equinox

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

18. Mon, Sep 296:34 AM

    Full Moon Harvest MoonSupermoon

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

19. Mon, Sep 296:44 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

20. Mon, Sep 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

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