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Ephemeris: 09/13/2024 – International Observe the Moon Night tomorrow

September 13, 2024

This is Ephemeris for Friday, September 13th. Today the Sun will be up for 12 hours and 36 minutes, setting at 7:56, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:21. The Moon, 2 days past first quarter, will set at 2:25 tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow night, if it’s clear, will be the last star party of the year at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore starting at 9 PM if it is clear. It coincides with the International Observe the Moon Night, which is held annually in September or October near the first quarter moon, give or take a few days. Hosting the event will be the Park Rangers and the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society. Also featured will be the planet Saturn which is exhibiting some very thin rings this year. The 2020s appears to be the decade of the Moon with the United States and its European and Canadian partners, China, Russia, and even India interested in landing instruments and people on the Moon. So far this decade only China and India have had completely successful landings of spacecraft on the Moon.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT – 4 hours). Times will be different for other locations.

This is the appearance of the Moon for International Observe the Moon Night.
This is the appearance of the Moon for International Observe the Moon Night. The moon image was produced by the app Stellarium with my added labels of some of the more prominent features. This is a normal right side up view of the Moon as seen in binoculars or a spotting scope.
Telescope image orientations
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