SEPTEMBER 2020

SUMMARY

The phenomena of the month : SEPTEMBER, 2020

Times are given in UT for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 0" W, 54° 16' 3" N, zone 0 = UT).

Date        Hour    Description of the phenomenon

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2020 09 02 05:22 FULL MOON

2020 09 02 11:05 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 03 02:26 Close encounter between the Moon and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.6°)
2020 09 04 04:49 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 09 04 11:43 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2020 09 05 07:53 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 06 05:59 Close encounter between the Moon and Mars (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.4°)
2020 09 06 06:31 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 405607 km)
2020 09 07 07:47 Close encounter between the Moon and Uranus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.5°)
2020 09 07 15:11 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 09 08 04:42 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 08 23:31 Meteor shower : Sept. Perseids (5 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 16.0 days)
2020 09 09 04:24 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2020 09 09 13:36 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 09 10 09:26 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2020 09 11 01:31 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 11 02:27 Opposition of the asteroid 22 Kalliope with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.801 AU; magn. = 10.5)
2020 09 11 14:34 Opposition of the asteroid 19 Fortuna with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.137 AU; magn. = 9.2)
2020 09 11 20:26 OPPOSITION of Neptune with the Sun
2020 09 13 04:20 Close encounter between the Moon and Pollux (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.8°)
2020 09 13 05:58 Close encounter between Venus and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.5°)
2020 09 13 22:19 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 14 02:58 Close encounter between the Moon and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.2°)
2020 09 14 04:33 Close encounter between the Moon and Venus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.8°)
2020 09 14 19:26 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 09 14 22:23 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 09 16 19:08 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 17 10:17 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2020 09 17 10:59 NEW MOON
2020 09 18 13:44 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 359082 km)
2020 09 19 01:10 Close encounter between the Moon and Mercury (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 5.2°)
2020 09 19 03:00 Mercury at its aphelion (distance to the Sun = 0.46670 AU)
2020 09 19 07:59 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2020 09 19 15:56 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 20 07:11 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 09 21 23:41 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 09 22 11:29 Close encounter between Mercury and Spica (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.3°)
2020 09 22 12:45 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 22 13:30 AUTUMN EQUINOX
2020 09 24 01:55 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2020 09 25 06:59 Close encounter between the Moon and Jupiter (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.1°)
2020 09 25 09:34 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 25 14:43 Close encounter between the Moon and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.1°)
2020 09 25 15:58 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 09 25 22:46 Close encounter between the Moon and Saturn (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.1°)
2020 09 27 21:13 Beginning of occultation of 39-epsilon Cap (magn. = 4.51)
2020 09 27 22:29 End of occultation of 39-epsilon Cap (magn. = 4.51)
2020 09 28 00:45 Beginning of occultation of 43-kappa Cap (magn. = 4.72)
2020 09 28 06:22 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 09 29 03:56 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 09 29 11:33 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2020 09 30 06:22 Close encounter between the Moon and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.3°)
2020 09 30 07:48 Opposition of the asteroid 68 Leto with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.283 AU; magn. = 9.5)
2020 09 30 08:53 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2020 09 30 23:40 Beginning of occultation of 30 Psc (magn. = 4.37)
2020 10 01 00:55 End of occultation of 30 Psc (magn. = 4.37)

Calculations courtesy of: CoelixApex software.