September 2102

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 77%
14. 2 67%
15. 3 58%
16. 4 Last qtr
17. 5 38%
18. 6 29%
19. 7 21%
20. 8 14%
21. 9 8%
22. 10 4%
23. 11 1%
24. 12 New
25. 13 1%
26. 14 4%
27. 15 10%
28. 16 17%
29. 17 25%
30. 18 35%
31. 19 First qtr
32. 20 57%
33. 21 69%
34. 22 79%
35. 23 88%
36. 24 94%
37. 25 98%
38. 26 Full
39. 27 99%
40. 28 95%
41. 29 89%
42. 30 82%

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

Events in September 2102

1. Mon, Sep 46:17 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Tue, Sep 57:30 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Fri, Sep 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

4. Fri, Sep 88:22 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Sep 111:14 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Sep 112:46 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Sep 1212:34 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Sep 129:31 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Tue, Sep 1210:45 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, Sep 1411:33 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

11. Sun, Sep 179:56 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Sep 193:11 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Sep 198:26 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Thu, Sep 2111:40 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

15. Sat, Sep 235:30 AM

    September equinox

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

16. Sat, Sep 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.

17. Tue, Sep 261:01 PM

    Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

18. Fri, Sep 299:54 PM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

19. Sat, Sep 301:42 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

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