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Sunday 4 Oct · Sun opposition Saturn

Sun Opposes Saturn

Sun opposition Saturn at 8:29 a.m. EDT. Waning Crescent Moon in Cancer, 34% lit tonight. Five planets retrograde.

Photo: Burst

The computed sky for 4 Oct: 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 acrossLeoMars 3°49′, Jupiter 20°14′
3rd: messages, siblings, short tripsLibraSun 11°27′
4th: home, familyScorpioMercury 5°23′, Venus 8°27′ (Rx)
7th: partnershipAquariusPluto 3°06′ (Rx)
9th: study, travel, beliefAriesSaturn 11°17′ (Rx), Neptune 2°46′ (Rx)
11th: friends, long-range hopesGeminiUranus 5°28′ (Rx)
12th: rest, the inner worldCancerMoon 25°58′
Whole-sign houses counted from Leo, positions at 12:00 ET.

Tonight’s sky

What is up after dark

Tonight, look for

Saturn first: the steady dot in the east-southeast.

After dark

  • Saturn26° up, east-southeast

Before dawn

  • Mars52° up before dawn
  • Jupiter37° up before dawn

Times in your city

Fully dark
8:04 p.m.
Moonrise
1:08 a.m.
Sunset
6:33 p.m.
More times
Saturn rises
6:37 p.m.
Mars rises
1:10 a.m.
Jupiter rises
2:34 a.m.
Moonset
3:30 p.m.
Sunrise
6:57 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 conjunction Venus Tue 6 Oct 8:10 p.m. EDT · Mars sextile Uranus Wed 7 Oct 6:42 a.m. EDT.

Timing

Every exact moment on 4 October

Void-of-course Moon: 11:08 a.m.–6:54 p.m. EDT.

  1. Sun opposition Saturn11°18′ Libra / Aries
  2. Moon enters Leo0°00′ Leo
  3. Moon trine Neptune2°45′ Leo / Aries