This Month at HVA…
No EventsFeatured Constellation: Cygnus
Hercules is featured prominently overhead during the summer months. It can be readily spotted by locating the trapezoidal shape at its core. The globular cluster M13 is one of its most popular targets.
Celestial Events for September
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Evening | The waning gibbous Moon is in the east-northeast with Jupiter about 6° to it’s right |
| 5 | Evening | The Moon, one day before last quarter, trails the Pleiades by less than 5° in the east-northeast |
| 11 | Dawn | In the east the thin lunar crescent is around 3.5° to the left of the Beehive Cluster (M44) |
| 12 | Dawn | Zodiacal light should be visible some two hours before morning twilight. Find a dark location with a view towards the east to see a faint pyramid of light |
| 13 | Dawn | The almost new Moon and Regulus rise above the eastern horizon with about 4.5° separating them |
| 20 | Dusk | In the southwest after sunset the waxing crescent Moon is about 4° to the lower right of Antares |
| 22 | Northern Hemisphere Autumn begins at the equinox at 11:50 p.m. PDT | |
| 26 | Evening | The waxing gibbous Moon gleams about 3° below Saturn in the south-southeast |