SEPTEMBER

SKY WATCH: A nice series of conjunctions happens in the west in evening twilight. On the 1st, dazzling Venus is to the upper left of Mercury, with that innermost planet very low but bright at exactly magnitude 0.0. Look for Mercury below the thin crescent Moon on the 8th. The Moon will stand to the right of Venus on the 9th before forming a lineup on the 10th; from lowest right to highest left, this alignment will feature Mercury, Virgo's blue star Spica, Venus, and the crescent Moon. The Moon floats below Saturn on the 16th and below Jupiter on the 17th. Autumn begins at the moment of the equinox—3:21 p.m. EDT—on the 22nd.

All times are given in Eastern Daylight Time.

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DAY OF YEAR DAY OF MONTH DAY OF WEEK s RISES RISE KEY s SETS SET KEY LENGTH OF DAY SUN FAST SUN DECLINATION HIGH TIDE TIMES BOSTON ?RISES RISE KEY ?SETS SET KEY ?ASTRON. PLACE ?AGE  
H. M. H. M. H. M. M. ° ' H. M. H. M.  
244 1 W. 6:10 B 7:18 D 13 08 16 8 n. 01 12:17 A 4:17 E GEM 24
245 2 Th. 6:11 B 7:16 D 13 05 16 7 n. 39 1:07 A 5:07 E GEM 25
246 3 Fr. 6:12 B 7:14 D 13 02 17 7 n. 17 2:04 B 5:50 E GEM 26
247 4 Sa. 6:13 B 7:13 D 13 00 17 6 n. 54 10¼ 10¼ 3:08 B 6:27 E CAN 27
248 5 C 6:14 C 7:11 D 12 57 17 6 n. 32 10¾ 11 4:17 B 6:59 E LEO 28
249 6 M. 6:15 C 7:09 D 12 54 18 6 n. 10 11½ 11¾ 5:28 C 7:27 D LEO 0
250 7 Tu. 6:16 C 7:07 D 12 51 18 5 n. 47 12¼ 6:39 D 7:53 D LEO 1
251 8 W. 6:17 C 7:06 D 12 49 18 5 n. 25 12½ 1 7:52 D 8:18 C VIR 2
252 9 Th. 6:18 C 7:04 D 12 46 19 5 n. 02 9:05 E 8:43 C VIR 3
253 10 Fr. 6:19 C 7:02 D 12 43 19 4 n. 39 2 10:20 E 9:11 B VIR 4
254 11 Sa. 6:20 C 7:00 D 12 40 19 4 n. 17 11:36 E 9:42 B LIB 5
255 12 C 6:21 C 6:59 C 12 38 20 3 n. 54 4 12:52 E 10:20 B LIB 6
256 13 M. 6:22 C 6:57 C 12 35 20 3 n. 31 5 2:06 E 11:07 A OPH 7
257 14 Tu. 6:23 C 6:55 C 12 32 20 3 n. 08 6 3:14 E SAG 8
258 15 W. 6:24 C 6:53 C 12 29 21 2 n. 45 7 4:13 E 12:03 B SAG 9
259 16 Th. 6:25 C 6:52 C 12 27 21 2 n. 21 8 5:01 E 1:08 B SAG 10
260 17 Fr. 6:26 C 6:50 C 12 24 21 1 n. 58 9 5:40 E 2:18 B CAP 11
261 18 Sa. 6:28 C 6:48 C 12 20 22 1 n. 35 10 10¼ 6:12 E 3:30 B CAP 12
262 19 C 6:29 C 6:46 C 12 17 22 1 n. 12 10¾ 11 6:39 D 4:40 C AQU 13
263 20 M. 6:30 C 6:45 C 12 15 23 0 n. 48 11½ 11¾ 7:02 D 5:49 C AQU 14
264 21 Tu. 6:31 C 6:43 C 12 12 23 0 n. 25 12¼ 7:24 C 6:55 D PSC 15
265 22 W. 6:32 C 6:41 C 12 09 23 0 n. 02 12½ 1 7:46 C 7:59 D CET 16
266 23 Th. 6:33 C 6:39 C 12 06 24 0 s. 21 8:08 C 9:03 E PSC 17
267 24 Fr. 6:34 C 6:37 C 12 03 24 0 s. 44 2 8:32 B 10:06 E ARI 18
268 25 Sa. 6:35 C 6:36 C 12 01 24 1 s. 07 9:00 B 11:08 E ARI 19
269 26 C 6:36 C 6:34 C 11 58 25 1 s. 31 9:32 B 12:11 E TAU 20
270 27 M. 6:37 C 6:32 C 11 55 25 1 s. 54 10:10 A 1:11 E TAU 21
271 28 Tu. 6:38 C 6:30 C 11 52 25 2 s. 17 5 10:56 A 2:08 E TAU 22
272 29 W. 6:39 C 6:29 C 11 50 26 2 s. 41 6 6 11:49 A 3:00 E GEM 23
273 30 Th. 6:40 C 6:27 C 11 47 26 3 s. 04 7 3:45 E GEM 24

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