September 2109

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 First qtr
9. 2 57%
10. 3 68%
11. 4 78%
12. 5 86%
13. 6 93%
14. 7 97%
15. 8 100%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 98%
18. 11 95%
19. 12 90%
20. 13 83%
21. 14 75%
22. 15 67%
23. 16 58%
24. 17 Last qtr
25. 18 38%
26. 19 29%
27. 20 20%
28. 21 12%
29. 22 6%
30. 23 2%
31. 24 New
32. 25 1%
33. 26 6%
34. 27 12%
35. 28 21%
36. 29 31%
37. 30 43%

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

Events in September 2109

1. Sun, Sep 19:37 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, Sep 510:49 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Sep 610:56 AM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Sep 93:39 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

5. Mon, Sep 93:42 AM

   Full Moon Harvest Moon

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

6. Sat, Sep 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

7. Sat, Sep 144:42 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Sun, Sep 1510:49 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Sep 176:36 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Sep 2110:59 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Sep 2112:43 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Sep 2110:55 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Sep 2210:19 PM

    September equinox

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

14. Mon, Sep 2312:15 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Sep 241:23 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Tue, Sep 249:30 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Sep 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.

18. Sun, Sep 297:29 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

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