The computed sky for 21 Sep: what is visible tonight from four US cities, today’s sign spotlight, and every exact moment in US time zones.
Sign spotlight
Virgo: where today’s planets fall
| House from Virgo | Sign | Planets there today |
|---|---|---|
| 1st: self, body, how you come across | Virgo | Sun 28°42′ |
| 2nd: money, belongings | Libra | Mercury 17°29′ |
| 3rd: messages, siblings, short trips | Scorpio | Venus 6°04′ |
| 5th: romance, creativity, children | Capricorn | Moon 29°23′ |
| 6th: daily work, health | Aquarius | Pluto 3°12′ (Rx) |
| 8th: shared money, what stays private | Aries | Saturn 12°18′ (Rx), Neptune 3°07′ (Rx) |
| 10th: career, public standing | Gemini | Uranus 5°39′ (Rx) |
| 11th: friends, long-range hopes | Cancer | Mars 26°10′ |
| 12th: rest, the inner world | Leo | Jupiter 17°52′ |
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
- Moon78% lit, 27° up, south
- Saturn16° up, east
Before dawn
- Mars47° up before dawn
- Jupiter27° up before dawn
Times in your city
- Fully dark
- 8:27 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 4:34 p.m.
- Sunset
- 6:55 p.m.
More times
- Saturn rises
- 7:31 p.m.
- Mars rises
- 1:23 a.m.
- Jupiter rises
- 3:13 a.m.
- Moonset
- 2:13 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:44 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: Sun enters Libra Tue 22 Sep 8:05 p.m. EDT · Sun opposition Neptune Fri 25 Sep 9:36 p.m. EDT.
Timing
Every exact moment on 21 September
Void-of-course Moon: 10:31 a.m.–1:14 p.m. EDT.
- Moon opposition Mars26°00′ Capricorn / Cancer
- Sun trine Moon28°38′ Virgo / Capricorn
- Moon enters Aquarius0°00′ Aquarius
- Mercury sextile Jupiter17°55′ Libra / Leo
- Moon sextile Neptune3°07′ Aquarius / Aries
- Moon conjunction Pluto3°12′ Aquarius