Lunar Calendar Month September 2019 (Sint Maarten)

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 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten during September 2019.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2019-09-05	23:10
full moon	2019-09-14	00:33
3rd quarter	2019-09-21	22:41
new moon	2019-09-28	14:26

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2019.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2019-09-13	09:33	406,377 km
Perigee	2019-09-27	22:28	357,802 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name	Peak Day
Aurigids	2019-09-01
Sept. ε-Perseids	2019-09-09
Dayt. Sextantids	2019-09-28

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 Objects	Date and Time
Jupiter	2019-09-06 02:52
Saturn	2019-09-08 09:53
Aldebaran	2019-09-20 12:14
Beehive	2019-09-24 17:15

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2019.

September 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 35	26 Monday	27 Tuesday	28 Wednesday	29 Thursday	30 Friday	31 Saturday	1Sunday 4.6% illuminated Age: 2
Week 36	2Monday 11% illuminated Age: 3.2	3Tuesday 19.4% illuminated Age: 4.3	4Wednesday 29.2% illuminated Age: 5.4	5Thursday 39.7% illuminated Age: 6.4	6Friday 50.3% illuminated Age: 7.4	7Saturday 60.5% illuminated Age: 8.4	8Sunday 70.1% illuminated Age: 9.3
Week 37	9Monday 78.7% illuminated Age: 10.3	10Tuesday 86% illuminated Age: 11.2	11Wednesday 92% illuminated Age: 12.1	12Thursday 96.4% illuminated Age: 13	13Friday 99.1% illuminated Age: 13.9	14Saturday 100% illuminated Age: 14.7	15Sunday 99.1% illuminated Age: 15.6
Week 38	16Monday 96.5% illuminated Age: 16.5	17Tuesday 92.1% illuminated Age: 17.4	18Wednesday 86% illuminated Age: 18.4	19Thursday 78.5% illuminated Age: 19.3	20Friday 69.7% illuminated Age: 20.2	21Saturday 59.9% illuminated Age: 21.2	22Sunday 49.4% illuminated Age: 22.2
Week 39	23Monday 38.6% illuminated Age: 23.2	24Tuesday 28% illuminated Age: 24.3	25Wednesday 18.2% illuminated Age: 25.4	26Thursday 10% illuminated Age: 26.5	27Friday 3.9% illuminated Age: 27.7	28Saturday 0.6% illuminated Age: 28.8	29Sunday 0.2% illuminated Age: 0.5
Week 40	30Monday 2.9% illuminated Age: 1.6	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