This is Ephemeris for Wednesday, September 6th. Today the Sun will be up for 12 hours and 59 minutes, setting at 8:10, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:12. The Moon, at last quarter today, will rise at 11:40 this evening.
Let’s find out where the naked-eye planets have wandered off to. Three of those five planets are now visible but Mars and Mercury are too close to the Sun to be seen. Saturn is the sole evening planet visible. Jupiter and Venus are officially the only visible morning planets. Saturn can be spotted in the southeast in the evening. And it will still be visible throughout the morning hours morning until twilight starts. Saturn is in retrograde or westward motion against the stars of Aquarius. Jupiter will rise at 10:54pm. It is slowing its eastward motion and will become stationary tomorrow. Venus is our brilliant morning star. It will rise at 4:43 tomorrow morning. Comet Nishimura is left and a bit below Venus in the east-northeast.
The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT –4 hours). They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Saturn, at 10 pm tonight, September 6, 2023, and the zodiacal constellations, from left to right, part of Pisces, Aquarius and Capricornus. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
Morning planets and winter stars. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
The Moon as it might appear at 6 am, tomorrow, September 7, 2023, about 12 hours after being at the last quarter phase, with selected features labeled. If you want to know where Hell is, I found it. The crater commemorates an 18th century Hungarian Jesuit priest and astronomer Maximilian Hell.
Telescopic Saturn, Jupiter and Venus (north up) as they would be seen in a small telescope, with the same magnification at 10 pm September 6, 2023, for Saturn and midnight September 7, 2023, for Jupiter and 6 am September 7, 2023, for Venus. Apparent diameters: Saturn 18.93″, its rings 44.10″; Jupiter 44.78″; and Venus 45.46″ and is 16.9% illuminated. The ” symbol means seconds of arc (1/3600th of a degree.) Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
The naked-eye planets and the Moon at sunset and sunrise on a single night, starting with sunset on the right on September 6, 2023. The night ends on the left with sunrise on the 7th. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using my LookingUp app and GIMP.
Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) at 6:00 am September 7, 2023, from Traverse City, MI, US. This is 1 hour 12 minutes before sunrise. Click or tap image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium.
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