Lunar Calendar Month September 2020 (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 2020.

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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
full moon	2020-09-02	01:22
3rd quarter	2020-09-10	05:26
new moon	2020-09-17	07:00
1st quarter	2020-09-23	21:55

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2020.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2020-09-06	02:32	405,605 km
Perigee	2020-09-18	09:45	359,080 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2020.

Name	Peak Day
Sept. ε-Perseids	2020-09-09
Dayt. Sextantids	2020-09-27

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
Mars	2020-09-06 00:42
Beehive	2020-09-13 23:19
Venus	2020-09-14 00:43
Jupiter	2020-09-25 02:46
Saturn	2020-09-25 16:46

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2020.

September 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 36	31 Monday	1Tuesday 98.9% illuminated Age: 13.8	2Wednesday 100% illuminated Age: 14.7	3Thursday 99.1% illuminated Age: 15.6	4Friday 96.4% illuminated Age: 16.6	5Saturday 92% illuminated Age: 17.5	6Sunday 86.2% illuminated Age: 18.3
Week 37	7Monday 79% illuminated Age: 19.2	8Tuesday 70.8% illuminated Age: 20.1	9Wednesday 61.8% illuminated Age: 21	10Thursday 52.2% illuminated Age: 21.9	11Friday 42.3% illuminated Age: 22.9	12Saturday 32.4% illuminated Age: 23.8	13Sunday 22.9% illuminated Age: 24.8
Week 38	14Monday 14.4% illuminated Age: 25.9	15Tuesday 7.4% illuminated Age: 26.9	16Wednesday 2.4% illuminated Age: 28.1	17Thursday 0.1% illuminated Age: 29.2	18Friday 0.8% illuminated Age: 0.8	19Saturday 4.4% illuminated Age: 2	20Sunday 10.7% illuminated Age: 3.1
Week 39	21Monday 19.2% illuminated Age: 4.3	22Tuesday 29.1% illuminated Age: 5.4	23Wednesday 39.9% illuminated Age: 6.4	24Thursday 50.9% illuminated Age: 7.5	25Friday 61.5% illuminated Age: 8.5	26Saturday 71.4% illuminated Age: 9.5	27Sunday 80.1% illuminated Age: 10.4
Week 40	28Monday 87.5% illuminated Age: 11.4	29Tuesday 93.3% illuminated Age: 12.3	30Wednesday 97.3% illuminated Age: 13.2	1 Thursday	2 Friday	3 Saturday	4 Sunday
	5 Monday	6 Tuesday	7 Wednesday	8 Thursday	9 Friday	10 Saturday	11 Sunday
	12 Monday	13 Tuesday	14 Wednesday	15 Thursday	16 Friday	17 Saturday	18 Sunday