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Full Harvest Moon
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.
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Uranus and the Moon 10:00 pm
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.
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Aldebaran and the Moon 11:57 pm
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.
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Mercury close to Spica 11:58 pm
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.
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Equinox 10:30 pm
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[...]
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Ceres and the Moon 9:00 pm
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.
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Saturn and the Moon 12:00 am
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 11:00 am
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.
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Double shadow transit on Jupiter 12:09 am
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.
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