This is Ephemeris for International Day of the Girl, Wednesday, October 11th. Today the Sun will be up for 11 hours and 12 minutes, setting at 7:05, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:54. The Moon, 3 days before new, will rise at 5:35 tomorrow morning.
Let’s find out where the naked-eye planets have wandered off to this week. Three of those five planets are now visible, but Mars sets too close to sunset to be seen, and Mercury rises too close to sunrise. Saturn is the sole official evening planet visible. It can be spotted in the southeast in the evening. And it will still be visible in the morning hours until it sets at 3:46 am. Saturn is seen against the stars of Aquarius this year and next. Jupiter and Venus are the visible morning planets. Jupiter, still a morning planet, will rise at 8:04 pm. It’s in Ares this year. It has to rise before sunset to be an official evening planet. Venus, the brilliant morning star, will rise in the east-northeast at 3:57 am, and be seen in the east thereafter.
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.
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Jupiter and Saturn and the constellations of the Zodiac with the ecliptic for 9 pm tonight October 11th 2023. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium.
Venus and Jupiter, with the constellations of the Zodiac and the ecliptic, at 6:30 am tomorrow morning, October 12th, 2023. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium.
The Moon, with earthshine, as it might appear in binoculars at 6:30 tomorrow morning, a bit more than 2 days before the annular solar eclipse. Created using Stellarium.
Telescopic Saturn, Jupiter and Venus (north up) as they would be seen in a small telescope, with the same magnification at 9 pm October 11, 2023, for Saturn and Jupiter, and 6:30 am October 12, 2023, for Venus. Apparent diameters: Saturn 18.32″, its rings 42.68″; Jupiter 48.77″; and Venus 27.47″ and is 44.0% illuminated. Note that for Jupiter Europa is labeled but not visible. It is in occultation behind Jupiter at 9 pm, and will reappear from behind Jupiter at 9:47 pm. Io will continue to approach Jupiter throughout the evening and enter Jupiter’s shadow at 2:35 am tomorrow morning and will reappear from occultation on the other side of the planet at 5:19 am. The ” symbol means seconds of arc (1/3600th of a degree.) 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 October 11, 2023. The night ends on the left with sunrise on the 12th. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using my LookingUp app and GIMP.
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