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Sep
22
Mon
Car-free day
Sep 22 @ 12:20 am – 1:20 am
Car-free day

Car-free day encourages motorists to refrain from using their car for a day.  Most cities have their own websites for car-free day – here is one for the world.

Equinox
Sep 22 @ 10:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Equinox

The sun crosses the celestial equator moving southward. Day and Night are of equal length. The sun rises due east and sets due west everywhere on Earth. This is the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox (Spring) in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sep
26
Fri
World Environmental Health Day
Sep 26 @ 12:25 am – 1:25 am
World Environmental Health Day

World Environmental Health Day addresses environmental health inequalities. While environmental health may be concerned primarily with the impacts of environmental stressors on health, these in turn are heavily influenced by and frequently reflect economic and social factors.

Sep
27
Sat
Ceres and the Moon
Sep 27 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Ceres and the Moon

The moon passes just south of the dwarf planet Ceres in the constellation Libra.

Sep
28
Sun
Saturn and the Moon
Sep 28 @ 12:00 am – 1:00 am
Saturn and the Moon

The moon passes just north of the Saturn in the constellation Libra.

World Rivers Day
Sep 28 @ 12:28 am – 1:28 am
World Rivers Day

World Rivers Day is a global celebration of the world’s waterways. WRD highlights the importance and value of rivers and strives to encourage increased stewardship of the world’s rivers. Go out there and adopt a river 🙂

Vesta and the Moon
Sep 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Vesta and the Moon

The moon passes just south of the asteroid Vesta in the constellation Libra.

Sep
29
Mon
Double shadow transit on Jupiter
Sep 29 @ 12:09 am – 1:09 am
Double shadow transit on Jupiter

The shadows of Europa and Callisto cross the face of Jupiter simultaneously, best seen from India and central Asia.

Oct
7
Tue
Full Hunter’s Moon @ Earth
Oct 7 – Oct 8 all-day
Full Hunter's Moon @ Earth

Take a peek at the sky tonight and you’ll see a full moon.  A full moon is when the moon and the sun are opposite of each other from an earth perspective.

Oct
22
Wed
Partial Solar Eclipse @ Earth
Oct 22 – Oct 23 all-day
Partial Solar Eclipse @ Earth

The moon’s penumbral shadow will fall over much of North America as well as extreme eastern Siberia, producing a partial solar eclipse.

If you’re reading from M’Clintock Channel, an arm of the Arctic Ocean which divides Victoria Island from Prince of Wales Island in the Territory of Nunavut, Canada, you’ll see  more than 80 percent of the sun’s diameter covered by the moon! The rest of North America will see less of the sun covered, but it’s still worth a trip outside to watch.  The Pacific Northwest and the Northern Plains will witness more than 60 percent of the sun’s diameter eclipsed. Across the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi valleys, the maximum eclipse will coincide with sunset, while farther to the east, the moon will only begin its encroachment onto the sun’s disk as it sets.