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Thursday 8 Oct

Moon in Virgo: Tonight's Sky

Waning Crescent Moon in Virgo, 3% lit tonight. Five planets retrograde.

Photo: Burst

The computed sky for 8 Oct: 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 15°23′
2nd: money, belongingsScorpioMercury 10°08′, Venus 7°55′ (Rx)
5th: romance, creativity, childrenAquariusPluto 3°05′ (Rx)
7th: partnershipAriesSaturn 10°59′ (Rx), Neptune 2°39′ (Rx)
9th: study, travel, beliefGeminiUranus 5°23′ (Rx)
11th: friends, long-range hopesLeoMars 6°06′, Jupiter 20°55′
12th: rest, the inner worldVirgoMoon 20°59′
Whole-sign houses counted from Libra, 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

  • Saturn29° up, east-southeast

Before dawn

  • Mars54° up before dawn
  • Jupiter40° up before dawn

Times in your city

Fully dark
7:57 p.m.
Moonrise
5:54 a.m.
Sunset
6:27 p.m.
More times
Saturn rises
6:21 p.m.
Mars rises
1:06 a.m.
Jupiter rises
2:22 a.m.
Moonset
5:21 p.m.
Sunrise
7:01 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: New Moon 17°22′ Libra Sat 10 Oct 11:50 a.m. EDT · Venus square Mars Sat 10 Oct 5:31 p.m. EDT.