"Jupiter is the brighter of the two planets and will appear to the left of the moon, while Saturn is slightly dimmer and will shine to the right of the moon."Īfter this month, the next full moon will be the hunter's moon, which falls on Oct. "Jupiter and Saturn will be rising with the full moon on Friday evening with the trio appearing in a row splayed across the southeastern sky by 10 p.m.
In addition to the full moon, you can take a peek at Jupiter and Saturn in the sky this weekend, AccuWeather said. Jupiter and Saturn will also make an appearance Designed to reward hard work and smart decision making, Harvast Moon GB is unique. Moons near the horizon are also swollen to outlandish size by the "moon illusion," a well-known but still mysterious trick of the eye that makes low-hanging moons seem much larger than they really are. The Super NES classic Harvast Moon is now available for the Game Boy. Meanwhile high in the sky to the south is Pegasus, the winged horse, Andromeda and Cetus, the whale.Įditor's Note: If you take an amazing photo of the Harvest Moon that you'd like to share for a possible story or image gallery, send images and comments in to Additional resourcesįor more information about the observing the moon, check out " Moongazing: Beginner’s guide to exploring the Moon (opens in new tab)" by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and " The Moon: A Beginner's Guide to Lunar Features and Photography (opens in new tab)" by James Harrop.At moonrise, the moon is also often reddened by clouds and dust in Earth's atmosphere. 10 progresses one will see the summer stars set and the fall stars rise by midnight Scorpius and Sagittarius have set and the Summer Triangle is above the southwestern horizon.
The constellations visible in late September are still largely those of summer early in the evening the Summer Triangle asterism (or star pattern) is still visible near the zenith and Scorpius and Sagittarius will be in the south. and is visible throughout the night, appearing to the left of the full moon. Mars gets quite high in the sky – 70 degrees by the time the sun comes up on Sept. By about midnight both the planet and the brightest star in Taurus, Aldebaran, will be in the east-northeast with Mars to the left (north) of Aldebaran.
and 10 to 20 minutes later in Canada and Europe. 10) so the planet will still be quite low – about 4.5 degrees above the horizon – when the sky starts to get lighter. While the average full moon rises about 50 minutes later every night, the harvest moons rise is just 25 to 30 minutes later across the northern U.S. That leaves jut under an hour before sunrise (6:31 a.m. On the night of the full moon, Venus will be a morning star, rising in New York at about 5:36 a.m. 8, Saturn will likely be among the first “stars” you see above and to the right of the moon. Full-service writing, planning, design and production for special venue exhibits, all types of media and video exhibit production, interactive exhibit. That said, the moon and Saturn will be in Capricornus, a faint constellation that can get largely washed out by the light of the moon itself, so if you are looking to the southeast on Sept. By the time they rise (for Eastern Seaboard sky watchers) they will be a bit further apart, as the moon moves approximately one of its own diameters every hour. The pair becomes visible again after sunset (which is at 7:16 p.m.) The closest approach the two bodies will make is about 3º 43’, or about seven and a half lunar diameters. That’s just after sunrise in New York City, which is at 6:29 a.m. 8 the moon makes a close pass to Saturn, with the two in conjunction – having the same celestial longitude – at 6:31 a.m. (Image credit: Stuart McNair) Visible Planets The full moon will be visible at 5:58 a.m. In this photo by Stuart McNair, the rising Harvest Moon illuminates farmland during sunset on Sept. The full moon will be joined in the night sky by Jupiter and Neptune on Saturday (Sept. The festival is also popular in Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. 10-12) when families traditionally gather the festival celebrates the harvest and light lanterns to wish for future prosperity. It is a three-day public holiday (from Sept. In China, the full moon of September will mark the mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the mooncake festival (for the eponymous food). One peculiarity of the Islamic calendar is that the months migrate through the year, relative to Gregorian dates, because the lunar month is shorter than the 30-day month used in solar calendars. Muslims use a lunar calendar, so the full moon is in the middle of the month (in this case, called Safar). For Abrahamic traditions the full moon of September can be important, as for Jewish people it's the one that precedes the High Holy Day of Rosh Hashonah which starts on Sept.
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