The computed sky for 2 Oct: what is visible tonight from four US cities, today’s sign spotlight, and every exact moment in US time zones.
Sign spotlight
Sagittarius: where today’s planets fall
| House from Sagittarius | Sign | Planets there today |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd: messages, siblings, short trips | Aquarius | Pluto 3°07′ (Rx) |
| 5th: romance, creativity, children | Aries | Saturn 11°27′ (Rx), Neptune 2°49′ (Rx) |
| 7th: partnership | Gemini | Moon 27°41′, Uranus 5°30′ (Rx) |
| 9th: study, travel, belief | Leo | Mars 2°39′, Jupiter 19°53′ |
| 11th: friends, long-range hopes | Libra | Sun 9°29′ |
| 12th: rest, the inner world | Scorpio | Mercury 2°51′, Venus 8°29′ (stationary) |
Tonight’s sky
What is up after dark
Tonight, look for
Saturn first: the steady dot in the east-southeast.
After dark
- Saturn25° up, east-southeast
Before dawn
- Mars51° up before dawn
- Jupiter36° up before dawn
Times in your city
- Fully dark
- 8:07 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 10:41 p.m.
- Sunset
- 6:36 p.m.
More times
- Saturn rises
- 6:46 p.m.
- Mars rises
- 1:12 a.m.
- Jupiter rises
- 2:40 a.m.
- Moonset
- 1:52 p.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:55 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: Venus stations retrograde 8°29′ Scorpio Sat 3 Oct 3:16 a.m. EDT · Mars opposition Pluto Sat 3 Oct 6:39 a.m. EDT.
Timing
Every exact moment on 2 October
Void-of-course Moon: 10:42 p.m.–3:54 p.m. EDT.
- Moon sextile Jupiter (prior evening)19°47′ Gemini / Leo
- Mercury square Mars2°30′ Scorpio / Leo
- Moon enters Cancer0°00′ Cancer
- Mercury square Pluto3°07′ Scorpio / Aquarius
- Mars trine Neptune2°49′ Leo / Aries
- Moon square Neptune2°48′ Cancer / Aries
- Moon trine Mercury3°22′ Cancer / Scorpio