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Sep
7
Sun
Full Harvest Moon
Sep 7 – Sep 8 all-day
Full Harvest Moon

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.

Sep
10
Wed
Uranus and the Moon
Sep 10 @ 10:00 pm – 10:15 pm
Uranus and the Moon

The waning gibbous moon passes just north of Uranus in the constellation Pisces. The moon will occult Uranus as seen from eastern Canada, Greenland, and northern Siberia.

Sep
14
Sun
Aldebaran and the Moon
Sep 14 @ 11:57 pm – Sep 15 @ 12:12 am
Aldebaran and the Moon

The waning last quarter moon will pass just north of the bright star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus.

Sep
21
Sun
Mercury close to Spica
Sep 21 @ 11:58 pm – Sep 22 @ 12:13 am
Mercury close to Spica

The planet Mercury will pass close to the bright star Spica in Virgo. This is a particularly good apparition of Mercury for observers in the Southern Hemisphere, less so for northerners.

Sep
22
Mon
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
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.

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.