The Last Quarter Moon is Saturday, October 7. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 10th.
Evening
sky on Saturday, October 7 as seen from Adelaide at 20:49 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Saturn is above the north-eastern horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Evening sky on Saturday, October 7 as seen from Adelaide at 23:00 ACDST. Jupiter is above the horizon. The inset is the telescopic view of Jupiter at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (an hour before local midnight).
Morning
sky on Wednesday, October 11 as seen from Adelaide at 05:44 ACDST, (60
minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Venus is rising higher in the morning twilight. Venus is closest to the bright star Regulus with the crescent Moon below. The inset is the telescopic view of Venus at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Whole sky on Saturday, Saturday, October 7 as seen from Adelaide at 20:49 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Saturn is rising in the east.
Between the bright star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to
discover.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.
Venus is closest to the bright star Regulus with the crescent Moon below.
Mars is lost in the twilight.
Jupiter is rising before midnight but is still prominent in the morning sky.
Saturn is past opposition but is still bright and a worthwhile telescopic object.
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