| 1 |
Moon
near the Pleiades
(morning sky) at 0h UT.
• Pleiades
(star cluster) (Wikipedia) |
| 1 |
Venus
1.0° SSW of Spica
at 2h UT. Mags. -4.4 and +1.0. |
| 1 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 17:22 UT. |
| 3 |
Mercury
at inferior conjunction
with the Sun at 12h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. |
| 5 |
Moon
near Beehive cluster M44
(morning sky) at 22h UT. |
| 5 |
Mars
2.1° NNE of Spica
at 22h UT. Mags. +1.5 and +1.0. |
| 8 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 4h UT (357,190 km; 33.1'). Perigee is only
6.5 hours before New Moon so high tides are expected. |
| 8 |
New
Moon
at 10:30 UT. Start of lunation 1085.
• Lunation
Number (Wikipedia) |
| 9 |
Moon
near Saturn
(19° from Sun, evening sky) at 18h UT. Mag. +1.0. |
| 11 |
Moon
near Spica
(evening sky) at 0h UT. |
| 11 |
Moon
near Mars
at 4h UT. Mag. +1.5. |
| 11 |
Moon
near Venus
at 14h UT. Mag -4.5. |
| 14 |
Moon
near Antares
(evening sky) at 5h UT. |
| 15 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 5:50 UT. |
| 18 |
Jupiter
0.8° SSE from Uranus
(midnight sky) at 18h UT. Mags. -2.9 and +5.7. |
| 19 |
Mercury
at greatest elongation,
18° west from Sun (morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag. -0.4. |
| 21 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance 406,165 km; angular
size 29.5'). |
| 21 |
Jupiter
at opposition
at 11h UT (mag. -2.9). Best time to observe the largest planet
in the solar system. |
| 21 |
Uranus
at opposition
at 17h UT (mag. +5.7). |
| 23 |
September
equinox
at 3:13 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point along the
ecliptic where it crosses into the southern celestial hemisphere
marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and
spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Equinox
(Wikipedia) |
| 23 |
Moon
near Jupiter
(midnight sky) at 4h UT. Mag. -2.9. |
| 23 |
Full
Moon
at 9:17 UT.
• Full
Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 27 |
Venus
at its brightest
at 15h UT. Mag. -4.6. |
| 28 |
Moon
near the Pleiades
(morning sky) at 4h UT. |
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