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Sun, Moon & Stars
Movement of the heavenly bodies: September 2001
September Calendar
| Moon Phase |
Day |
Phenomenon |
Hour
(UT) |
Hour
(EST) |
 |
1 |
Uranus is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
0700 | 3 am |
 |
1 |
The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit. |
2300 | 7 pm |
 |
2 |
FULL MOON |
2200 | 6 pm |
|
10 |
Saturn is 0 degrees 2 minutes south of the Moon. The planet is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon. |
2100 | 5 pm |
|
10 |
LAST QUARTER |
1900 | 3 pm |
 |
12 |
Jupiter is 1 degree 0 minutes south of the Moon. The planet is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon. |
1200 | 8 am |
 |
15 |
Venus is 3 degrees south of the Moon. |
0700 | 3 am |
 |
16 |
The Moon is at its perigee, or closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. |
1600 | 12 pm
(noon) |
 |
17 |
NEW MOON |
1000 | 6 am |
|
18 |
Mercury is at its greatest elongation, or angular distance from the Sun, at 27 degrees east of the Sun. |
2200 | 6 pm |
 |
19 |
Mercury is 8 degrees south of the Moon. |
0200 | 10 pm
(Sept. 18) |
 |
20 |
NEW MOON |
0300 | 11 pm |
|
20 |
Mercury is 0 degrees 9 minutes north of Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. |
2000 | 4 pm |
 |
22 |
Equinox |
2300 | 7 pm |
 |
24 |
FIRST QUARTER |
1000 | 6 am |
|
25 |
Mars is 2 degrees south of the Moon. |
0100 | 9 pm
(Sept. 24) |
 |
27 |
Saturn appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent direct motion changes to backward, or retrograde, motion. |
0500 | 1 am |
 |
27 |
Neptune is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
0500 | 1 am |
 |
28 |
Uranus is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
1100 | 7 am |
|
29 |
The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit. |
0600 | 2 am |
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