Below you will find what the current phase of the moon is and information on the sun and moon. Also, the current events in the sky for the month can be viewed.
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Current Moon Phase: courtesy USNO
This month the brighter planets rule the night sky with the exception of Saturn which is behind the sun. Venus shines brightly in the west after sunset nearby the much dimmer Mars. In the morning sky, Mercury makes a great appearance around the middle of September, the best for 2010.
Jupiter rises at sunset and is visible all night long. The position of Jupiters orbit brings it closest to earth since 1963. So observers will have a great time viewing the largest planet as it is larger and brighter this year.
December 2010 will be the next total lunar eclipse that is well position for North America.
Up Coming Sky Events
All times in Universal Time. To convert to your Local Standard Time: Subtract 12 hours (Eniwetok, Kwajalein) Subtract 11 hours (Midway Island, Samoa) Subtract 10 hours (Hawaii) Subtract 09 hours (Alaska) Subtract 08 hours (Pacific Time) Subtract 07 hours (Mountain Time) Subtract 06 hours (Central Time) Subtract 05 hours (Eastern Time) Subtract 04 hours (Atlantic Time) Subtract 03 hours (Brasilia, Buenos Aires, GeorgeTown) Subtract 02 hours (Mid-Atlantic) Subtract 01 hours (Azores, Cape Verdes Is.) Subtract 00 hours (Dublin, London, Monrovia, Casablanca) -------------------------------------------- Add 01 hours (Berlin, Rome, Brussels, Vienna, Paris, Amsterdam) Add 02 hours (Athens, Cairo, Eastern Europe, Harare, Israel) Add 03 hours (Baghdad, Kuwait, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd) Add 04 hours (Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Tbilisi) Add 05 hours (Islamabad, Karachi, Ekaterinburg,Tashkent) Add 06 hours (Almaty, Dahka) Add 07 hours (Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi) Add 08 hours (Beijing, Hong Kong, Perth, Singapore, Taipei) Add 09 hours (Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Seoul) Add 10 hours (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Guam, Vladivostok, Hobart) Add 11 hours (Magadan, Solomon Is., New Caledonia) Add 12 hours (Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is., Wellington, Auckland)
Then add one hour if using Daylight Savings Time.