Great site for sunrise and sunset times and a downloadable toolbar application by Steve Edwards

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Northern hemisphere sky map
Southern hemisphere sky map

Also visit James Barclay's site for a great tour of the Southern Hemisphere September sky.

Key Dates for September

Days and Times in UT (help with time)

September
7	-Full Moon (largest of 2006)
	-Partial Lunar Eclipse(viewing area and times)
8	-Moon at 2nd closest perigee (the closest point in its orbit around Earth 357175 km) expect larger than normal tides
10	-Jupiter in conjunction with Zubenelgenubi (Libra) w/in 0 degrees 20' and someone's birthday!
13	-Before sunrise find the Moon between Pleiades and Aldebaran
15	-Moon at greatest northern declination +29 degrees
	-Last Quarter Moon 11:15 UT
18	-Saturn 2 degrees South of Moon, Beehive cluster
21	-Zodiacal Light visible in N latitudes in the E before sunrise, S latitudes in the W after sunset for the next month. Those living closer to the equator and the tropics get these year round (images)
22	-Moon at appogee (the furtherest point from Earth 406,500 km)
	-New Moon
	-Annular solar eclipse 11:45 UT (viewing area and time)
	-NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN!
23	-Equinox 4:03 UT
26	-Moon near Jupiter in the evening sky
29	-Moon at greatest southern declination -29 degrees
30	-First Quarter Moon 11:04 UT

...Did you know?
Sept 1 Pioneer 11 flew past the outer edge of Saturn's A ring at a range of 3,500 kilometers (1979)
Sept 8 Star Trek premiered (1966)
Setp 9 John Herschel makes first glass plate photograph (1839)
Sept 12 40th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 11 Launch (Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon)
Sept 14 Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to impact the surface of the moon (1959)
Sept 17 William Herschel discovered Saturn's moon Mimas (1789)
Sept 19 John Baur and Mark Summers declared this day International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Sept 20 A monkey named Yorick was the first monkey to live through a space flight...along with 11 mice (1951)
Sept 21 Herbert G. Wells' 140th Birthday (1866)
Sept 23 160th Anniversary (1846), Johann Galle's Discovery of Neptune
Sept 24 Luna 16 returns the 3 oz of Lunar soil. First unmanned automated return of material from another celestial body (1970)
Sept 28 55th Anniversary (1951), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Ananke and 35th Anniversary (1971), Luna 19 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)

Planet Positions for 2006

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Venus

Sgr

Sgr

Cap

Aqr

Psc

Ari

Tau

Cnc

Leo

Vir

Lib

Sgr

Mars

Ari

Tau

Tau

Gem

Gem

Cnc

Leo

Leo

Vir

Vir

Lib

Sco

Jupiter

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Lib

Sco

Saturn

Cnc

Cnc

Cnc

Cnc

Cnc

Cnc

Cnc

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

Leo

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