Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, September 26th.  The sun will rise at 7:34.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 56 minutes, setting at 7:31.   The moon, 3 days before full, will set at 5:00 tomorrow morning.

Let’s see how many bright planets we can find this week.  Mars and Saturn now set too close to the sun to be easily seen in the evening sky.  Both are in the west southwestern sky and very low in twilight.  Saturn sets at 8:36 p.m., while Mars sets at 9:21.  The planetary action moves to later in the evening and the morning. Jupiter, will rise at 10:40 p.m. in the east northeast.  It is located in the constellation of Taurus.  The last bright planet of the night is the morning star Venus which will rise at 3:56 a.m. also in the east northeast.  Venus is now moving between Cancer and Leo.  The planets Venus and Jupiter and the winter constellations are a great sight for early risers.  You can enjoy them without danger of frost bite.

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

Addendum

Mars and Saturn low in twilight September 26, 2012 8 p.m. Created using Stellarium.

Note that Mercury has already set.

The winter stars in the morning with Jupiter and Venus on September 27, 2012 at 6 a.m. Created using Stellarium.