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Tuesday 29 Sep

Moon in Taurus: Tonight's Sky

Waning Gibbous Moon in Taurus, 87% lit tonight. Four planets retrograde.

Photo: Burst

The computed sky for 29 Sep: what is visible tonight from four US cities, today’s sign spotlight, and every exact moment in US time zones.

Sign spotlight

Aquarius: where today’s planets fall

House from AquariusSignPlanets there today
1st: self, body, how you come acrossAquariusPluto 3°08′ (Rx)
3rd: messages, siblings, short tripsAriesSaturn 11°41′ (Rx), Neptune 2°54′ (Rx)
4th: home, familyTaurusMoon 14°54′
5th: romance, creativity, childrenGeminiUranus 5°33′ (Rx)
7th: partnershipLeoMars 0°55′, Jupiter 19°21′
9th: study, travel, beliefLibraSun 6°32′, Mercury 28°54′
10th: career, public standingScorpioVenus 8°14′
Whole-sign houses counted from Aquarius, positions at 12:00 ET.

Tonight’s sky

What is up after dark

Tonight, look for

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

After dark

  • Moon87% lit, 9° up, east-northeast
  • Saturn22° up, east-southeast

Before dawn

  • Mars50° up before dawn
  • Jupiter33° up before dawn

Times in your city

Fully dark
8:12 p.m.
Moonrise
8:01 p.m.
Sunset
6:41 p.m.
More times
Saturn rises
6:58 p.m.
Mars rises
1:15 a.m.
Jupiter rises
2:50 a.m.
Moonset
10:17 a.m.
Sunrise
6:52 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 enters Scorpio Wed 30 Sep 7:44 a.m. EDT · Mercury square Mars Fri 2 Oct 5:14 a.m. EDT.

Timing

Every exact moment on 29 September

Void-of-course Moon: 7:36 p.m.–1:26 p.m. EDT.

  1. Moon opposition Venus8°10′ Taurus / Scorpio
  2. Moon square Jupiter19°25′ Taurus / Leo