September 2024 Sky
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- On September 1, 2024
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- Antares, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, Lunar Eclipse, M35 star cluster, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, September equinox, Spica, Uranus, Venus
September 2024 Sky
| 1 | Moon near Mercury at 14h UT (17° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.5. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | New Moon at 1:56 UT. Start of lunation 1258. |
| 5 | Mercury at greatest elongation west at 2h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.2. |
| 5 | Moon near Venus at 10h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −3.9. Occultation visible from Antarctica. • Venus (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Venus (In-The-Sky) |
| 5 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 406,211km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 6 | Moon near Spica at 18h UT (40° from Sun, evening sky). Occultation visible from Africa. • Spica (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Spica (In-The-Sky) |
| 8 | Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 4h UT. The planet is at its closest and brightest. Mag. 0.6. • Saturn at Opposition (In-The-Sky) |
| 8 | Mars 0.85° S of M35 star cluster at 19h UT (74° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.7. |
| 10 | Moon near Antares at 14h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from western Australia. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky) |
| 11 | First Quarter Moon at 6:06 UT. |
| 17 | Moon near Saturn at 11h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.6. Occultation visible from western US, western Canada, NW Mexico, and NE Australia. • Saturn (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Saturn (In-The-Sky) |
| 18 | Partial Eclipse of the Moon from 2:13 to 3:16 UT, mid-eclipse at 2:44 UT. Visible from the Americas, Africa, and Europe. • NASA Lunar Eclipses: 2021-2030 (NASA) • Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2024 September 18 (PDF) (NASA) |
| 18 | Full Moon at 2:36 UT. Supermoon. |
| 18 | Venus 2.4° NNE of Spica at 10h UT (28° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −3.9 and 1.0. |
| 18 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 13:34 UT (distance 357,286km; angular size 33.4′). Only 11 hours after Full Moon. |
| 18 | Moon near Neptune at 8h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from North America, Mexico and SE Alaska. • Neptune (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Neptune (In-The-Sky) |
| 21 | Neptune at opposition at 0h UT. Mag. 7.8. • Neptune at Opposition (In-The-Sky) |
| 22 | Moon, Uranus and the Pleiades within circle 5.4° diameter at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. 5.7. |
| 22 | Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 22 | September equinox at 12:42 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point along the ecliptic where it crosses into the southern celestial hemisphere marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. • Equinox (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | Moon near Jupiter at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.4. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | Last Quarter Moon at 18:51 UT. |
| 24 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 20h UT (morning sky). |
| 25 | Moon near Mars at 14h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.5. |
| 26 | Moon near Castor at 5h UT (morning sky). |
| 26 | Moon near Pollux at 11h UT (morning sky). |
| 27 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 15h UT (morning sky). |
| 29 | Moon near Regulus at 11h UT (37° from Sun, morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 30 | Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT (not visible). The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. |
September 2024 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).
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