Monthly Sky

September & October 2009

 


 

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Lunar Phase

 

 


 

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Daily Events:

 

2 Sep

21h

Jupiter 3° S of Moon

3 Sep

04h

Jupiter appears with only one satellite (Ganymede)

3 Sep

05h

Jupiter without satellites (JWS)

3 Sep

06h

Jupiter appears with only one satellite (Io)

3 Sep

07h

Neptune 3° S of Moon

4 Sep

16:03

Full Moon

4 Sep

Saturn ring-plane crossing

5 Sep

21h

Uranus 6° S of Moon

6 Sep

19h

Jupiter appears with only one satellite (Callisto)

10 Sep

08h

Jupiter appears with only one satellite (Callisto)

11 Sep

19h

Io, Europa, Callisto grouped tightly W of Jupiter

12 Sep

2:16

Last-quarter Moon

13 Sep

16h

Moon occults Mars

13 Sep

04h

Vesta (mag. 8.4) 17′ S of 35 Cancri (mag. 6.5)

16 Sep

05h

Vesta (mag. 8.4) 28′ S of Epsilon Cancri (mag. 6.3)

16 Sep

18h

Venus 3° N of Moon

17 Sep

06h

Juno (mag. 7.7) 7′ E of 29 Piscium (mag. 5.1)

17 Sep

10h

Uranus at opposition

18 Sep

18:44

New Moon

19 Sep

16h

Juno (mag. 7.7) 22′ E of 27 Piscium (mag. 5.1)

20 Sep

10h

Venus 0.5° N of Regulus

21 Sep

Juno at opposition

22 Sep

21:19

September equinox

24 Sep

06h

Moon occults Antares

26 Sep

4:50

First-quarter Moon

18 Sep

00h

Jupiter appears with only one satellite (Ganymede)

28 Sep

3:40

Europa, Ganymede, Callisto grouped tightly W of Jupiter

30 Sep

00h

Jupiter 3° S of Moon

30 Sep

13h

Neptune 3° S of Moon

 

3 Oct

02h

Uranus 6° S of Moon

4 Oct

6:10

Full Moon

5 Oct

22h

Mars 6° S of Pollux

6 Oct

02h

Mercury at greatest elongation (18° west of Sun)

8 Oct

09h

Mercury 0.3° S of Saturn

9 Oct

Great World Wide Star Count commences (Oct 9–23)

11 Oct

8:56

Last-quarter Moon

12 Oct

01h

Moon occults Mars

13 Oct

16h

Venus 0.6° S of Saturn

16 Oct

13h

Saturn 7° N of Moon

16 Oct

19h

Venus 7° N of Moon

18 Oct

5:33

New Moon

21 Oct

Orionid meteor shower (Oct 21/22)

21 Oct

15h

Moon occults Antares

22 Oct

17h

Vesta (mag. 8.2) 20′ S of 8 Leonis (mag. 5.9)

26 Oct

0:42

First-quarter Moon

27 Oct

09h

Jupiter 3° S of Moon

27 Oct

21h

Neptune 3° S of Moon

30 Oct

09h

Uranus 6° S of Moon

30 Oct

18h

Double shadow transit on Jupiter (Io, Ganymede)