{"id":458,"date":"2019-08-31T20:48:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/?p=458"},"modified":"2019-08-31T20:48:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:48:43","slug":"september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/september-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venus\nmight make you wonder how it earned its reputation as such a great\nevening \u201cstar\u201d this month. Indeed, it can be high in the evening\nsky for months at at time. This month, it&#8217;s barely above the horizon.\nA few clouds, hills, or buildings will block your view. That said,\nthe best views from from near the equator. Look for Mercury, also\nbarely making it into the evening sky after conjunction on the 4th,\nto join Venus around the 11<sup>th<\/sup>.\nEven those with the best views must try to see them within a half\nhour of sunset, because that&#8217;s about how long the planets will be\nabove the horizon. Binoculars will help, and even then, Mercury will\nbe a hard find. Venus will be obviously brighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saturn-and-Jupiter-September-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Saturn and Jupiter in September 2019\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saturn-and-Jupiter-September-2019.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saturn-and-Jupiter-September-2019-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jupiter remains\nbetween Scorpius and Ophiuchus close to the meridian at sunset.\nSaturn is a little farther east on the other side of Sagittarius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around\nthe 11<sup>th<\/sup>,\na few lucky observers may see that Mercury has become an evening\nobject and is very close to Venus while the western sky still glows\nfrom the recently set sun. Those near the equator will have the best\nview, but they&#8217;ll have to look within a half hour after sunset before\nthe planets go below the horizon too. Binoculars and a clear horizon\nwill be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mars\nis too close to the sun to see this month. In fact, it&#8217;s in\nconjunction on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neptune-at-opposition-September-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Neptune at opposition, September 2019\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neptune-at-opposition-September-2019.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-content\/uploads\/Neptune-at-opposition-September-2019-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nbest chance to see Neptune in 2019 is this month. It&#8217;s at opposition\non the 10<sup>th<\/sup>.\nA nearly full moon will make the distant blue dot that is Neptune\nhard to see. But the good news is that Neptune doesn&#8217;t move much. You\ncan wait a week or two for the moon to be below the horizon at least\npart of the night for a better view of the eighth planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nautumnal equinox is at 07:50 UTC on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notable\nconjunctions: the moon is 7.1\u00b0 from Spica on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>,\nthe moon is 7.5\u00b0 from Antares on the 5<sup>th<\/sup>,\nthe moon is 2.3\u00b0 from Jupiter on the 6<sup>th<\/sup>,\nthe moon occults Saturn on the 8<sup>th<\/sup>,\nMercury and Venus are 0.3\u00b0 apart on the 13<sup>th<\/sup>,\nthe moon is 2.6\u00b0 from Aldebaran on the 20<sup>th<\/sup>,\nthe moon is 5.9\u00b0 from Pollux on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>,\nthe moon is 3.1\u00b0 from Regulus on the 26<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moon\nphases: first quarter on the 6<sup>th<\/sup>,\nfull on the 14<sup>th<\/sup>,\nlast quarter on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup>,\nnew moon on the 28<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nmoon goes south of the equator on the 1<sup>st<\/sup>,\nreaches southern lunistice on the 8<sup>th<\/sup>,\ngoes north of the equator on the 15<sup>th<\/sup>,\nand reaches northern lunistice on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.\nIt crosses the equator going south again on the 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunar\napogee is on the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\nat 406,500 km. Perigee is on the 28<sup>th<\/sup>\nat 357,800 km.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venus might make you wonder how it earned its reputation as such a great evening \u201cstar\u201d this month. Indeed, it can be high in the evening sky for months at at time. This month, it&#8217;s barely above the horizon. A few clouds, hills, or buildings will block your view. That said, the best views from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skycaramba.com\/monthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}