Some highlights for the night sky in September 2005
Friday 2 September 2005
- One hour before sunrise, look for crescent Moon near Mercury
- Before sunrise, look for Saturn near Beehive in Cancer
Saturday 3 September 2005
- New Moon at 2:45PM EDT
- About 1 hour after sunset, look for Spica, Venus and Jupiter, near horizon in WSW
Monday 5 September 2005
- Before sunrise, look for Mercury near horizon and Saturn near Beehive
- After sunset, look for Venus near Spica, and Jupiter
- After sunset, look for young crescent Moon near horizon
Thursday 8 September 2005
- After sunset, look for Venus near Spica and Jupiter
- After sunset, look for crescent Moon
Sunday 11 September 2005
- Jupiter and Venus are 10 degrees apart near Spica, near horizon after sunset
- About 1.5 hours after sunset, look for gibbous Moon near the tail of Scorpius
Thursday 15 September 2005
- About 1.5 hours before sunrise, look for Saturn about 1 degree beneath Beehive cluster in Cancer
Saturday 17 September 2005
- Full Moon at 10:01 PM EDT
- Look for Mars rising at time of full Moon
Tuesday 20 September 2005
- Look for Jupiter near horizon just after sunset
- For a challenge, look for Pluto in Cepheus
Thursday 22 September 2005
- Autumnal Equinox at 6:23PM EDT
- Look for gibbous Moon near Mars
Saturday 24 September 2005
- Just after sunset, look for Jupiter near horizon
- After sunset, Venus and Antares can be seen, 25 degrees apart
Tuesday 27 September 2005
- After sunset, look for Mercury at horizon, then Jupiter and then Venus
- About 40 minutes after sunset Jupiter will be on horizon, and Venus is 25 degrees away
Thursday 29 September 2005
- Just after sunset, look for Mercury near horizon, then Jupiter and Venus
- Before sunrise, look for Saturn above the crescent Moon, which is above Regulus
Good skywatching resources
John Avellone's provided web sites