Thu 5
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Neptune at opposition in Aquarius. |
| Wed 6 |
Full (Harvest) Moon at 3:03am EDT. |
| Sun 10 |
Mercury and Regulus are less than 1 degree apart. Look very low in the East 40 minutes before sunrise. |
| Tue 12 |
Mercury at Greatest Western (Morning) Elongation.
Aldebaran occulted by the Moon. Event run from 8:59 to 10:08am EDT. |
| Wed 13 |
Last Quarter Moon at 2:25am EDT. |
| Sat 16 |
Mercury and Mars are a fraction of a degree apart. Look very low in the East 40 minutes before sunrise. |
| Sun 17 |
Look low in the East 40 minutes before sunrise to see an alignment of (horizon upward) Mercury, Mars, Regulus, Venus, and a thin waning crescent Moon. |
| Mon 18 |
A very thin waning crescent Moon has moved between Mercury/Mars and Regulus/Venus |
| Wed 20 |
New Moon at 1:30am EDT
Venus and Regulus are less than 1 degree apart. Look East an hour before sunrise. |
| Fri 22 |
Autumnal Equinox at 4:02pm EDT |
| Tue 26 |
Saturn appears below a wide waxing crescent Moon tonight. |
| Wed 27 |
First Quarter Moon at 10:54pm EDT. |
Mercury makes a very favorable morning appearance, reaching Greatest Western
Elongation on the 12th. On the mornings of the 14th through 18th look for a close
conjunction with Mars.
Venus shines brightly in the morning sky, rising 2 hours before the sun and moving from
Cancer into Leo. Look for a close pass-by of Regulus on the mornings of the 19th
and 20th.
Mars reappears in the morning sky around mid-month after a July 27 conjunction with
the sun, Look for an extremely close pair-up with Mercury on the 16th.
Jupiter, in Virgo, is rapidly fading from view in the WSW evening sky.
Saturn shines in Ophiuchus, high above the West horizon after sunset.