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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for September 2013:

Phenomena September

DayEvent
1Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag 1.1 (15 UT)
2Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mars mag 1.7 (10 UT)
4Moon passes 6 degrees south of Regulus mag 1.4 (14 UT)
4Asteroid (346) Hermentaria mag 10.6 is at opposition in Aquarius
5New Moon (11:37)
5Venus mag -4.1 passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0 (13 UT)
6Moon passes 5 degrees south of Mercury mag -0.8 (14 UT)
8Moon passes 0.8 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0 (15 UT)
8Moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Venus mag -4.1, occultation is visible from southern South America, French Polynesia (21 UT)
9Moon passes 2 degrees south of Saturn mag 0.7 (17 UT)
11Moon passes 7 degrees north of Antares mag 1.0 (22 UT)
12First quarter Moon (17:09 UT)
13Asteroid (324) Bamberga mag 8.1 is at opposition in Pisces
15Moon is at perigee 367,394 km (16:39 UT)
17Moon passes 6 degrees north of Neptune mag 7.8 (23 UT)
19Full Moon (11:13 UT)
20Moon passes 3 degrees north of Uranus mag 5.7 (15 UT)
20Venus mag -4.2 passes 4 degrees south of Saturn mag 0.7 (0 UT)
22Autumn Equinox NH – Spring Equinox SH (20:45 UT)
24Mercury mag -0.1 passes 0.8 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0 (19 UT)
25Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million km or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (1 UT)
25Moon passes 3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag 0.9 (4 UT)
25Asteroid (89) Julia mag 9.2 is at opposition in Pegasus
27Last quarter Moon (3:56 UT)
27Moon is at apogee 404,309 km (18:17 UT)
28Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.2 (9 UT)
28Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag 1.1 (23 UT)