Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, September 5th.  The sun will rise at 7:10.  It’ll be up for 13 hours exactly, setting at 8:10.   The moon, 3 days before last quarter, will rise at 10:24 this evening.

Let’s see how many bright planets we can find this week.  Mars, Saturn and the star Spica make an elongated triangle in the west southwest in twilight after sunset.  Mars is on the left with Saturn on the upper right and Spica below.  Spica will set first at 9:24 followed by Saturn at 9:57 and Mars at 10:07.  This will be about the last week you’ll see Saturn and Spica in the evening until next year.. The morning sky features the two brightest planets:  Jupiter, which will rise at 11:54 p.m. in the east northeast and Venus, which will rise at 3:23 a.m. also in the east northeast.  Jupiter is near the head of Taurus the bull, while Venus is moving between Gemini and Cancer.

Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

Addendum

Mars, Saturn and the star Spica at 9 p.m. Created using Stellarium.

Jupiter, Venus and a preview of the stars and constellations of winter. Created using Stellarium.