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Wednesday 23 Sep

Moon in Aquarius: Tonight's Sky

Waxing Gibbous Moon in Aquarius, 92% lit tonight. Four planets retrograde.

Photo: Burst

The computed sky for 23 Sep: what is visible tonight from four US cities, today’s sign spotlight, and every exact moment in US time zones.

Sign spotlight

Leo: where today’s planets fall

House from LeoSignPlanets there today
1st: self, body, how you come acrossLeoJupiter 18°15′
3rd: messages, siblings, short tripsLibraSun 0°39′, Mercury 20°27′
4th: home, familyScorpioVenus 6°48′
7th: partnershipAquariusMoon 24°00′, Pluto 3°11′ (Rx)
9th: study, travel, beliefAriesSaturn 12°09′ (Rx), Neptune 3°04′ (Rx)
11th: friends, long-range hopesGeminiUranus 5°38′ (Rx)
12th: rest, the inner worldCancerMars 27°22′
Whole-sign houses counted from Leo, positions at 12:00 ET.

Tonight’s sky

What is up after dark

Tonight, look for

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

After dark

  • Moon92% lit, 31° up, south-southeast
  • Saturn18° up, east-southeast

Before dawn

  • Mars48° up before dawn
  • Jupiter29° up before dawn

Times in your city

Fully dark
8:23 p.m.
Moonrise
5:27 p.m.
Sunset
6:51 p.m.
More times
Saturn rises
7:23 p.m.
Mars rises
1:21 a.m.
Jupiter rises
3:08 a.m.
Moonset
4:25 a.m.
Sunrise
6:46 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 opposition Neptune Fri 25 Sep 9:36 p.m. EDT · Sun trine Pluto Sat 26 Sep 1:35 a.m. EDT.

Timing

Every exact moment on 23 September

Void-of-course Moon: 4:18 a.m.–11:24 p.m. EDT.

  1. Sun enters Libra (prior evening)0°00′ Libra
  2. Moon opposition Jupiter18°09′ Aquarius / Leo
  3. Moon trine Mercury19°59′ Aquarius / Libra
  4. Moon enters Pisces0°00′ Pisces