![]() September evenings: Saturn is visible all night As evening falls in September 2022, watch for bright golden Saturn just above the southeastern horizon. Mercury will reach greatest elongation in the morning sky on October 8, 2022. Mercury will be an easier target from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, which has a steep ecliptic angle in the evening now. If you can spot the nearby bright star Spica, it might help you locate the elusive planet. So Mercury will be tough to spot from our part of the globe. But the evening angle of the ecliptic is not favorable for Northern Hemisphere viewers at this time of year. And, officially, it’s there until mid-September. Early September evenings: Mercury hugs the horizon Mercury is above the western horizon as September 2022 begins. We’ll fly between Mars and the sun in December. It’ll be near the easy-to-spot constellation Orion the Hunter. So you’ll find the planet high in the sky at sunrise. September mornings: Mars high in the sky at sunrise In early September 2022, Mars is rising before midnight. It’ll return to the evening sky before the year ends. It’ll be most behind the sun as seen from Earth on October 22. Then it’ll be gone into the sunrise glare. By mid-month, Venus will be only 10 degrees from the sunrise. If the sky is still somewhat dark when you look, notice the bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini and Procyon in Canis Minor higher in the sky. So – if you’ve got a clear sky and an unobstructed view to the east – you might be able to follow Venus for a week or longer into September. Luckily, the ecliptic – or path of the sun, moon and planets – is favorable for the Northern Hemisphere on September mornings. But, as the mornings pass, Venus will be increasingly hard to see in the sun’s glare. Early September mornings: Venus before sunrise Shortly before sunrise during the first few days of September 2022, most of us will still see Venus, very low in the east before sunrise. The planet passes the star on September 5, and drops below it by the following morning. CDT) on September 3 September 4, 5 and 6 mornings: Close encounter of Regulus and Venus Just before sunrise on September 4, 5 and 6, 2022, Venus lies very low in the east near the star Regulus in Leo the Lion. Visible planets and night sky guide September, 2022 The instant of 1st quarter moon is 18:08 UTC (1 p.m. ![]() ![]() And then if your sky is truly dark, you can use Saturn to guide your eye to the faint “arrowhead” shape of Capricornus in our sky. If you wait until a bit later in the month, you’ll find Saturn rising just after sunset, and in a darker sky. But a bright moon is also in the sky then. At its August 14 opposition, Saturn rises in the east at sunset and is visible all night. Visible planets and night sky guide August, 2022 In August 2022, use Saturn to see the ‘arrowhead’ in Capricornus On August evenings in 2022, Saturn is in front of the faint constellation Capricornus the Sea-Goat. August-September-October 2022 heliocentric solar system.Looking for a dark sky? Try EarthSky’s Best Places to Stargaze To see a precise view from your location, try Stellarium Web. Note: Our charts are mostly set for the northern half of Earth. Venus will disappear into the sunrise glare in early September, pass most directly behind the sun on October 22, and emerge again into the evening sky before the year’s end. On August mornings, four bright planets arc across the sky: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and also Venus, brightest planet of them all, continuing its early morning dominance for now. Planets in the morning skyĪnd the mornings? Mars still isn’t up until the wee hours, but the red planet continues to brighten and appear redder as it races toward its December 8 opposition. But, a careful search with binoculars might bring the little planet into view. Conversely, for us in the Northern Hemisphere, Mercury will hug the evening twilight horizon throughout August. Mercury, too, will have a great evening apparition in August 2022 … for the Southern Hemisphere. Jupiter will reach opposition on September 26. Jupiter – 2nd-brightest only to Venus – is rising by late evening. The action is moving to the evening sky! Woo-hoo! Saturn is rising as darkness falls, and is up all night.
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