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Lunar Calendar Month September 2024 (Northern Hemisphere)

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 Washington, Northern Hemisphere during September 2024.

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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 moon2024-09-0221:55
1st quarter2024-09-1102:05
full moon2024-09-1722:34
3rd quarter2024-09-2414:50

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2024-09-0510:56406,214 km
Perigee2024-09-1809:28357,283 km

Eclipses in September 2024

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during September 2024. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Northern Hemisphere.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2024-09-18118

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
Venus2024-09-05 06:13
Spica2024-09-06 12:22
Antares2024-09-10 08:29
Saturn2024-09-17 06:14
Pleiades2024-09-22 06:16
Pollux2024-09-26 06:25
Beehive2024-09-27 07:08

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2024.

September 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 35
26 Monday
 
27 Tuesday
 
28 Wednesday
 
29 Thursday
 
30 Friday
 
31 Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
3.5% illuminated
Age: 27.8
Week 36
2Monday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 28.7
3Tuesday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0.1
4Wednesday
 
1.1% illuminated
Age: 1
5Thursday
 
3.9% illuminated
Age: 1.9
6Friday
 
8.4% illuminated
Age: 2.8
7Saturday
 
14.4% illuminated
Age: 3.7
8Sunday
 
21.6% illuminated
Age: 4.5
Week 37
9Monday
 
30.1% illuminated
Age: 5.5
10Tuesday
 
39.3% illuminated
Age: 6.4
11Wednesday
 
49.3% illuminated
Age: 7.3
12Thursday
 
59.5% illuminated
Age: 8.3
13Friday
 
69.6% illuminated
Age: 9.3
14Saturday
 
79.2% illuminated
Age: 10.3
15Sunday
 
87.7% illuminated
Age: 11.4
Week 38
16Monday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age: 12.5
17Tuesday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age: 13.7
18Wednesday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.8
19Thursday
 
98.3% illuminated
Age: 16
20Friday
 
93.6% illuminated
Age: 17.2
21Saturday
 
86.5% illuminated
Age: 18.3
22Sunday
 
77.5% illuminated
Age: 19.4
Week 39
23Monday
 
67.3% illuminated
Age: 20.5
24Tuesday
 
56.7% illuminated
Age: 21.5
25Wednesday
 
46% illuminated
Age: 22.5
26Thursday
 
35.9% illuminated
Age: 23.5
27Friday
 
26.6% illuminated
Age: 24.4
28Saturday
 
18.4% illuminated
Age: 25.4
29Sunday
 
11.5% illuminated
Age: 26.3
Week 40
30Monday
 
6.1% illuminated
Age: 27.2
1 Tuesday
 
2 Wednesday
 
3 Thursday
 
4 Friday
 
5 Saturday
 
6 Sunday
 
7 Monday
 
8 Tuesday
 
9 Wednesday
 
10 Thursday
 
11 Friday
 
12 Saturday
 
13 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z