Sun, Moon, and Stars: September 2002

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff Information
Sun, moon, stars September 2002
   



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7 New Moon
13 First Quarter
21 Full Moon
23 Autumnal Equinox
29 Last Quarter
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September 2002—Week 1 (Sept. 1-5)

9/1:
0600 UT, 2 am EDT

Venus is 0 degrees 9 minutes south of Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo.
1000 UT, 6 am EDT

Mercury is at its greatest elongation, or angular distance from the Sun, at 27 degrees east of the Sun.
1700 UT, 1 pm EDT

Saturn is 2 degrees south of the Moon.
9/4:
1300 UT, 9 am EDT

Jupiter is 4 degrees south of the Moon.
 



September 2002—Week 2 (Sept. 6-12)

9/7:
0300 UT, 11 pm EDT (Sept. 6)

NEW MOON
9/8:
0300 UT, 11 pm EDT (Sept. 7)

The Moon is at its perigee, or closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.
1700 UT, 1 pm EDT

Mercury is 9 degrees south of the Moon.
9/10:
0200 UT, 10 pm EDT (Sept. 9)

Venus is 8 degrees south of the Moon.



September 2002—Week 3 (Sept. 13-19)

9/13:
1800 UT, 2 pm EDT

FIRST QUARTER
9/14:
1400 UT, 10 am EDT

Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as its direct motion changes to apparent backward, or retrograde, motion.
9/17:
0900 UT, 5 am EDT

Neptune is 4 degrees north of the Moon.
9/18:
1800 UT, 2 pm EDT

Uranus is 4 degrees north of the Moon.



September 2002—Week 4 (Sept. 20-26)

9/21:
1400 UT, 10 am EDT

FULL MOON
9/23:
0300 UT, 11 pm EDT (Sept. 22)

The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit.
0500 UT, 1 am EDT

Autumnal Equinox [more about the autumnal equinox]
9/26:
1100 UT, 7 am EDT

Venus is at its greatest brilliancy.



September 2002—Week 5 (Sept. 27-31)

9/27:
1900 UT, 3 pm EDT

Mercury is in inferior conjunction, that is, the Sun and the Earth are aligned on opposite sides of Mercury.
9/29:
0300 UT, 11 pm EDT (Sept. 28)

Saturn is 3 degrees south of the Moon.
1700 UT, 1 pm EDT

LAST QUARTER
9/30:
0000 UT, 8 pm EDT (Sept. 29)

Pallas, the second-largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward, or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion.

 

 

 
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