September 2053

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 89%
10. 2 81%
11. 3 72%
12. 4 62%
13. 5 Last qtr
14. 6 39%
15. 7 28%
16. 8 18%
17. 9 10%
18. 10 4%
19. 11 1%
20. 12 New
21. 13 2%
22. 14 6%
23. 15 13%
24. 16 20%
25. 17 29%
26. 18 38%
27. 19 First qtr
28. 20 57%
29. 21 67%
30. 22 75%
31. 23 83%
32. 24 90%
33. 25 95%
34. 26 98%
35. 27 Full
36. 28 99%
37. 29 96%
38. 30 91%

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

Events in September 2053

1. Mon, Sep 111:03 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Sep 312:37 AM

   Saturn at opposition

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

3. Thu, Sep 410:29 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Sep 51:05 PM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sun, Sep 71:39 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Sep 72:35 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Sep 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.

8. Fri, Sep 125:32 AM

   Total solar eclipse

   The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

9. Fri, Sep 125:36 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Sat, Sep 131:35 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 136:06 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Sep 136:21 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Sep 1311:48 AM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Sep 1310:03 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Sep 1512:57 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Sep 154:01 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

17. Wed, Sep 176:27 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Sep 195:29 PM

    First Quarter

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

19. Sun, Sep 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

20. Mon, Sep 229:05 AM

    September equinox

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

21. Thu, Sep 255:21 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

22. Sat, Sep 275:50 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

23. Sun, Sep 2812:33 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

24. Mon, Sep 295:58 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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