StarDial, Sept 1998
Jehana Silverwing

Sun Aug 30 20:15:46 1998
		September StarDial 1998*p**br*  Sep 01 - Asteroid 7480 Norwan near-Earth flyby (0.332 AU - astronomical units)*p*  Sep 05 - Mercury is at perihelion.  In other words, Mercury is as close to the Sun as he's *br*gonna get.*p** Sep 06 - Full Moon and penumbral lunar eclipse at 7:21 am, EDT.  (Eastern Daylight *br*Time in the US)  Best viewing will be for those folks west of Louisiana to Manitoba.  In *br*a penumbral lunar eclipse, it is the Earth's shadow which is detected on the Moon, *br*leaving it shadowed but not truly dark.  To the east of the eclipse, for a relatively *br*small distance, some interesting visual effects may be noted.  *p*  Sep 06 - Asteroid 1997 MW1 near-Earth flyby (0.223 AU)*p*  Sep 07 - The Moon occults Jupiter.  "Occult" means hidden; the Moon will hide Jupiter. (Sometimes *br*the term is used when one celestial body appears to be only a small degree away from the other.)*p*  Sep 07 - Venus is at perihelion*p*  Sep 08 - The Moon is at perigee at 2 am, EDT.*p*  Sep 09 - The Moon passes 2 degrees south of Saturn at 2 pm, EDT.*p*  Sep 11 - Mercury passes 0.3 degrees From Venus*p** Sep 12 - The Moon occults Aldebaran, 4 am, EDT.*p*  Sep 16 - Jupiter is at opposition at 11 pm, EDT.  This is the point where one of the outer *br*planets is at the far side of the Sun from us, as far away as it can get.*p*  Sep 17 - Asteroid 1998 MK30 near-Earth flyby (0.395 AU)*p*  Sep 18 - Asteroid 1991 RB near-Earth flyby (0.0401 AU).  Some of these asteroids are getting *br*pretty close.  *p*  Sep 19 - The Moon occults Venus.*p*  Sep 20 - The Moon occults Mercury.*p*  Sep 20 - Dark Moon is at 1:01 pm, EDT.*p*  Sep 20 - Asteroid 1998 FL3 near-Earth flyby (0.050 AU).*p** Sep 21 - Asteroid 1998 QH1 near-Earth flyby (0.188 AU).*p*  Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 05:37 UT (Universal Time), or 1:37 am, EDT.*p*  Sep 23 - The Moon is at apogee at 5:56 pm EDT.*br*