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Ephemeris: 09/26/2025 – Pegasus rising

September 26, 2025

This is Ephemeris for Friday, September 26th. Today the Sun will be up for 11 hours and 56 minutes, setting at 7:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:36. The Moon, 3 days before first quarter, will set at 9:19 this evening.

Saturn is well up in the east southeastern sky at 10 PM. This is the brightest “star” in that direction. Below it, at about the 4 o’clock position from it is Fomalhaut, which I sometimes call the loneliest star in the sky, because without Saturn or another planet in that direction it seems pretty much alone low in the south. Above and a bit to the left of Saturn is the Great Square of Pegasus A four star group standing on one corner which is the body of Pegasus the flying horse. Between Saturn and the Great Square is a faint and small circle of five or six stars called the Circlet, an asterism, which is a loop around one of the fish of Pisces the fish. Pisces is two fish held together by a long rope.

The astronomical event times given in this blog are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (Lat 44.7° N, Long 85.7° W; EDT, UT – 4 hours) unless stated otherwise. Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

An animated finder for Pegasus and Pisces, with Saturn as a guide.
An animated finder for Pegasus and Pisces, with Saturn as a guide. Pisces is made of dim stars, and will be more visible when Pegasus is high in the south at 1 AM, or in the evening in November. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
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