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Sunday 27 Sep · Mars enters Leo

Mars Enters Leo

Mars enters Leo at 10:49 p.m. EDT. Waning Gibbous Moon in Aries, 98% lit tonight. Four planets retrograde.

Photo: Burst

The computed sky for 27 Sep: what is visible tonight from four US cities, today’s sign spotlight, and every exact moment in US time zones.

Sign spotlight

Libra: where today’s planets fall

House from LibraSignPlanets there today
1st: self, body, how you come acrossLibraSun 4°34′, Mercury 26°09′
2nd: money, belongingsScorpioVenus 7°54′
5th: romance, creativity, childrenAquariusPluto 3°09′ (Rx)
7th: partnershipAriesMoon 16°50′, Saturn 11°50′ (Rx), Neptune 2°57′ (Rx)
9th: study, travel, beliefGeminiUranus 5°35′ (Rx)
10th: career, public standingCancerMars 29°44′
11th: friends, long-range hopesLeoJupiter 18°59′
Whole-sign houses counted from Libra, positions at 12:00 ET.

Tonight’s sky

What is up after dark

Tonight, look for

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

After dark

  • Moon98% lit, 22° up, east
  • Saturn21° up, east-southeast

Before dawn

  • Mars49° up before dawn
  • Jupiter32° up before dawn

Times in your city

Fully dark
8:16 p.m.
Moonrise
6:59 p.m.
Sunset
6:45 p.m.
More times
Saturn rises
7:06 p.m.
Mars rises
1:17 a.m.
Jupiter rises
2:56 a.m.
Moonset
7:49 a.m.
Sunrise
6:50 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 trine Uranus Mon 28 Sep 12:22 p.m. EDT · Mercury enters Scorpio Wed 30 Sep 7:44 a.m. EDT.

Timing

Every exact moment on 27 September

Void-of-course Moon: none today. Next: Monday 28 September, 5:50 a.m.–10:40 a.m. EDT.

  1. Moon conjunction Saturn11°52′ Aries
  2. Moon trine Jupiter19°01′ Aries / Leo
  3. Mars enters Leo0°00′ Leo