2023: The moon is at its Full phase on September 29, named the Harvest Moon. It occurs closest to the first day of autumn.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
2023: The moon is at its Full phase on September 29, named the Harvest Moon. It occurs closest to the first day of autumn.
Read moreSeptember 24, 2023: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn are visible during nighttime hours. The gibbous moon approaches Saturn after sundown.
Read moreSeptember 23, 2023: The autumnal equinox occurs after midnight this morning. Uranus is visible through a binocular between Jupiter and the Pleiades star cluster.
Read moreSeptember 22, 2023: Mercury is at its best morning view of the year. After sundown, the moon appears above the Teapot’s spout.
Read moreSeptember 21, 2023: Mercury is putting on its best morning display of the year in the eastern sky. The nearly half-full moon is in front of Ophiuchus, above Scorpius.
Read moreSeptember 20, 2023: Brilliant Venus is in the east before sunrise. Mercury is nearing its earliest rising time before the sun. The evening moon is with Scorpius.
Read moreSeptember 19, 2023: Venus has a strangely-named geometrical configuration in the solar system today. Find four bright planets overnight and the crescent moon after sunset.
Read moreSeptember 18, 2023: Mercury climbs to its closest point to Venus before sunrise. After sunset, the lunar crescent is in the west-southwest near the Scorpion’s claws.
Read moreSeptember 17, 2023: The moon passes Spica after sunset. Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are in a lineup during early morning hours.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2023: Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn lie along the arc of the solar system during early morning hours. The crescent moon is visible with Mars after sunset.
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