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Sunday 20 Sep

Moon in Capricorn: Tonight's Sky

Waxing Gibbous Moon in Capricorn, 70% lit tonight. Four planets retrograde.

Photo: Ian Livesey / ISO Republic

The computed sky for 20 Sep: what is visible tonight from four US cities, today’s sign spotlight, and every exact moment in US time zones.

Sign spotlight

Pisces: where today’s planets fall

House from PiscesSignPlanets there today
2nd: money, belongingsAriesSaturn 12°22′ (Rx), Neptune 3°09′ (Rx)
4th: home, familyGeminiUranus 5°39′ (Rx)
5th: romance, creativity, childrenCancerMars 25°34′
6th: daily work, healthLeoJupiter 17°40′
7th: partnershipVirgoSun 27°43′
8th: shared money, what stays privateLibraMercury 15°59′
9th: study, travel, beliefScorpioVenus 5°40′
11th: friends, long-range hopesCapricornMoon 17°22′
12th: rest, the inner worldAquariusPluto 3°13′ (Rx)
Whole-sign houses counted from Pisces, positions at 12:00 ET.

Tonight’s sky

What is up after dark

Tonight, look for

The Moon first, in the south. Then Saturn: the steady dot in the east.

After dark

  • Moon70% lit, 23° up, south
  • Saturn16° up, east

Before dawn

  • Mars47° up before dawn
  • Jupiter27° up before dawn

Times in your city

Fully dark
8:28 p.m.
Moonrise
4:00 p.m.
Sunset
6:56 p.m.
More times
Saturn rises
7:35 p.m.
Mars rises
1:24 a.m.
Jupiter rises
3:16 a.m.
Moonset
1:09 a.m.
Sunrise
6:43 a.m.

Moonset and rises after midnight fall on the next morning.

Local time in each city. “Fully dark” is the end of astronomical twilight.

Come back tomorrow at midnight ET.

Next in the sky: Mercury sextile Jupiter Mon 21 Sep 6:51 p.m. EDT · Sun enters Libra Tue 22 Sep 8:05 p.m. EDT.

Timing

Every exact moment on 20 September

Void-of-course Moon: none today. Next: Monday 21 September, 10:31 a.m.–1:14 p.m. EDT.

  1. Moon square Saturn12°24′ Capricorn / Aries
  2. Moon square Mercury15°47′ Capricorn / Libra