Lunar Calendar Month September 2022 (Malta)

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 Valletta, Malta during September 2022.

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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
1st quarter	2022-09-03	20:08
full moon	2022-09-10	11:59
3rd quarter	2022-09-17	23:52
new moon	2022-09-25	23:54

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2022.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2022-09-07	20:18	364,490 km
Apogee	2022-09-19	16:46	404,555 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 Objects	Date and Time
Antares	2022-09-03 16:56
Saturn	2022-09-08 12:31
Jupiter	2022-09-11 17:11
Pleiades	2022-09-15 20:50
Mars	2022-09-17 03:41
Pollux	2022-09-20 09:40
Antares	2022-09-30 22:20

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2022.

September 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 35	29Monday	30Tuesday	31Wednesday	1Thursday 20.8% illuminated Age:4.4	2Friday 30.2% illuminated Age:5.5	3Saturday 40.8% illuminated Age:6.5	4Sunday 52% illuminated Age:7.6
Week 36	5Monday 63.3% illuminated Age:8.6	6Tuesday 74% illuminated Age:9.7	7Wednesday 83.6% illuminated Age:10.8	8Thursday 91.4% illuminated Age:12	9Friday 96.9% illuminated Age:13.1	10Saturday 99.6% illuminated Age:14.2	11Sunday 99.7% illuminated Age:15.3
Week 37	12Monday 97.1% illuminated Age:16.4	13Tuesday 92.3% illuminated Age:17.4	14Wednesday 85.6% illuminated Age:18.4	15Thursday 77.7% illuminated Age:19.4	16Friday 68.8% illuminated Age:20.3	17Saturday 59.5% illuminated Age:21.3	18Sunday 49.9% illuminated Age:22.2
Week 38	19Monday 40.5% illuminated Age:23	20Tuesday 31.4% illuminated Age:23.9	21Wednesday 23% illuminated Age:24.8	22Thursday 15.5% illuminated Age:25.7	23Friday 9.1% illuminated Age:26.6	24Saturday 4.2% illuminated Age:27.6	25Sunday 1.1% illuminated Age:28.5
Week 39	26Monday 0% illuminated Age:29.5	27Tuesday 1.1% illuminated Age:1	28Wednesday 4.5% illuminated Age:2	29Thursday 10.1% illuminated Age:3	30Friday 17.8% illuminated Age:4.1	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday