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Lunar Calendar Month September 2019 (United States)

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, District of Columbia, United States 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 phasesDatesTime
1st quarter2019-09-0523:10
full moon2019-09-1400:33
3rd quarter2019-09-2122:41
new moon2019-09-2814:26

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-09-1309:33406,377 km
Perigee2019-09-2722:28357,802 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
Jupiter2019-09-06 02:52
Saturn2019-09-08 09:53
Aldebaran2019-09-20 12:14
Beehive2019-09-24 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
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 35
26Monday
 
27Tuesday
 
28Wednesday
 
29Thursday
 
30Friday
 
31Saturday
 
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
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z