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Lunar Calendar Month September 2021 (Benin)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Benin, Benin during September 2021.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2021-09-0701:52
1st quarter2021-09-1321:39
full moon2021-09-2100:55
3rd quarter2021-09-2902:57

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-09-1111:07368,463 km
Apogee2021-09-2622:45404,639 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Beehive2021-09-04 05:07
Venus2021-09-10 03:09
Saturn2021-09-17 03:37
Jupiter2021-09-18 07:50

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2021.

September 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 35
30Monday
 
31Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
34.5% illuminated
Age:23.6
2Thursday
 
25.7% illuminated
Age:24.5
3Friday
 
17.6% illuminated
Age:25.5
4Saturday
 
10.6% illuminated
Age:26.4
5Sunday
 
5.1% illuminated
Age:27.4
Week 36
6Monday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age:28.4
7Tuesday
 
0% illuminated
Age:29.4
8Wednesday
 
1.1% illuminated
Age:1
9Thursday
 
4.7% illuminated
Age:2
10Friday
 
10.7% illuminated
Age:3.1
11Saturday
 
19% illuminated
Age:4.2
12Sunday
 
28.8% illuminated
Age:5.3
Week 37
13Monday
 
39.8% illuminated
Age:6.4
14Tuesday
 
51.2% illuminated
Age:7.5
15Wednesday
 
62.4% illuminated
Age:8.6
16Thursday
 
72.9% illuminated
Age:9.6
17Friday
 
82.2% illuminated
Age:10.7
18Saturday
 
89.8% illuminated
Age:11.7
19Sunday
 
95.4% illuminated
Age:12.7
Week 38
20Monday
 
98.8% illuminated
Age:13.7
21Tuesday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.7
22Wednesday
 
99% illuminated
Age:15.7
23Thursday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age:16.6
24Friday
 
91.4% illuminated
Age:17.6
25Saturday
 
85.2% illuminated
Age:18.5
26Sunday
 
77.8% illuminated
Age:19.4
Week 39
27Monday
 
69.5% illuminated
Age:20.3
28Tuesday
 
60.5% illuminated
Age:21.2
29Wednesday
 
51.1% illuminated
Age:22
30Thursday
 
41.5% illuminated
Age:23
1Friday
 
2Saturday
 
3Sunday
 
4Monday
 
5Tuesday
 
6Wednesday
 
7Thursday
 
8Friday
 
9Saturday
 
10Sunday
 
11Monday
 
12Tuesday
 
13Wednesday
 
14Thursday
 
15Friday
 
16Saturday
 
17Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z