Lunar Calendar Month September 2020 (New Caledonia)

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 Nouméa, New Caledonia during September 2020.

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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
full moon	2020-09-02	16:22
3rd quarter	2020-09-10	20:26
new moon	2020-09-17	22:00
1st quarter	2020-09-24	12:55

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2020.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2020-09-06	17:32	405,605 km
Perigee	2020-09-19	00:45	359,080 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
Mars	2020-09-06 15:42
Beehive	2020-09-14 14:19
Venus	2020-09-14 15:43
Jupiter	2020-09-25 17:46
Saturn	2020-09-26 07:46

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2020.

September 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 36	31Monday	1Tuesday 97.2% illuminated Age:13.2	2Wednesday 99.6% illuminated Age:14.1	3Thursday 99.9% illuminated Age:15.1	4Friday 98.3% illuminated Age:16	5Saturday 95% illuminated Age:16.9	6Sunday 90% illuminated Age:17.8
Week 37	7Monday 83.6% illuminated Age:18.7	8Tuesday 76% illuminated Age:19.6	9Wednesday 67.5% illuminated Age:20.5	10Thursday 58.2% illuminated Age:21.4	11Friday 48.5% illuminated Age:22.3	12Saturday 38.5% illuminated Age:23.2	13Sunday 28.8% illuminated Age:24.2
Week 38	14Monday 19.6% illuminated Age:25.2	15Tuesday 11.6% illuminated Age:26.3	16Wednesday 5.3% illuminated Age:27.4	17Thursday 1.2% illuminated Age:28.5	18Friday 0% illuminated Age:0.1	19Saturday 1.8% illuminated Age:1.3	20Sunday 6.4% illuminated Age:2.4
Week 39	21Monday 13.6% illuminated Age:3.6	22Tuesday 22.8% illuminated Age:4.7	23Wednesday 33.1% illuminated Age:5.8	24Thursday 44.1% illuminated Age:6.8	25Friday 55% illuminated Age:7.8	26Saturday 65.3% illuminated Age:8.8	27Sunday 74.8% illuminated Age:9.8
Week 40	28Monday 83.1% illuminated Age:10.8	29Tuesday 89.8% illuminated Age:11.7	30Wednesday 95% illuminated Age:12.6	1Thursday	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
	5Monday	6Tuesday	7Wednesday	8Thursday	9Friday	10Saturday	11Sunday
	12Monday	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday