A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for September 2016:
Phenomena September
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | New Moon, annual solar eclipse visible from Africa (9:04 UT) |
| 2 | Ceres mag +8.3 is stationary in Cetus, afterwards begins retrograde motion (13 UT) |
| 2 | Neptune mag +7.8 is at opposition in Aquarius approx. 28.946 AU (4330 million km or 2691 million miles) from Earth (17 UT) |
| 2 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Mercury mag +1.5 (17 UT) |
| 2 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees north of Jupiter mag -1.7, occultation is visible from SW USA and East Russia (21:55 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 1 degree north of Venus mag -3.8, occultation is visible from central Russia (10:32 UT) |
| 4 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (20 UT) |
| 6 | Moon is at apogee 405,054 km or 251,689 miles from Earth (18:49 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (18 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.5 (21 UT) |
| 9 | Saturn's moon Iapetus is at greatest western elongation mag +11.5 (1 UT) |
| 9 | First quarter Moon (11:49 UT) |
| 9 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Mars mag -0.2 (14 UT) |
| 13 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (0 UT) |
| 15 | Moon passes 1.2 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.8, occultation is visible from UK, Europe and West Russia (20:30 UT) |
| 16 | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse visible from Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia (19:06 UT) |
| 17 | Venus mag -3.9 passes 3 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (23 UT) |
| 18 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.7 (17 UT) |
| 18 | Moon is at perigee 361,894 km or 224,871 miles from Earth (17:08 UT) |
| 21 | Mercury is stationary in Leo, afterwards begins retrograde motion (10 UT) |
| 21 | Moon passes 0.2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from east Africa (22:37 UT) |
| 22 | Equinox (14:21 UT) |
| 23 | Last quarter Moon (9:57 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Vesta mag +8.3 (2 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 11 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (5 UT) |
| 26 | Jupiter is in conjunction with the Sun (7 UT) |
| 27 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (23 UT) |
| 28 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.308 AU (approx. 46.1 million kms or 28.6 million miles) from the Sun (15 UT) |
| 28 | Mercury mag -0.4 is at greatest elongation west 17.9 degrees (20 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 0.7 degrees south of Mercury mag +0.6, occultation is visible from East South America (10:41 UT) |