The last Quarter Moon is Thursday September 7. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 13th.
Evening
sky on Saturday, September 9 as seen from Adelaide at 19:26 ACST (90 minutes after sunset), Saturn is above the 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).
Morning sky on Saturday, September 9 as seen from Adelaide at 05:02 ACST, (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Jupiter is above the horizon near the Hyades and Pleiades. 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 (90 minutes before sunrise).
Morning
sky on Tuesday, September 12 as seen from Adelaide at 05:26 ACST, (60
minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Venus is rising higher in the morning twilight and is above the thin crescent Moon. 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).
Evening sky on Saturday, September 9 as seen from Adelaide at 18:57 ACST, 60 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Mars is low above the horizon.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, September 9 as seen from Adelaide at 19:26 ACST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Mars is visible low above the north west. Saturn is rising in the east.
Between the bright star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to
discover.The waning Moon will make the fainter objects hard to see though.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the twilight.
Venus climbs higher the morning twilight and is near the thin crescent Moon on the 12th.
Mars is dimming, and coming closer to the horizon.
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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