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FULL moon occurs on September 14d. 03h. 40m. U.T. and new moon on September 29d. 11h. 29m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: Sept. 2d. 00h., Mercury 7° S. ; Sept. 20d. 03h., Mars 4° N.; Sept. 21d. 05h., Saturn 3° N. ; Sept. 25d. 14h., Jupiter 0.3° N.; Sept. 26d. 16h., Venus 8° S. The following occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 take place: Sept. 8d. 21h. 02.4m., 15 Sgr (D) ; Sept. l0d. 21h. 27.3m., a Cap (D) ; Sept. 26d. llh. 08.2m., a Leo (D) ; Sept. 26d. 12h. 12.1m., a Leo (R). The times are given for Greenwich and D and R refer to disappearance and reappearance respectively. Mercury, an evening star at the beginning of the month, sets a quarter of an hour after the sun on Sept. 1. The planet is approaching the sun and is in inferior conjunction on Sept. 24. Venus is in inferior conjunction with the sun on Sept. 6. At the middle and end of the month the planet can be seen as a morning star, rising at 4h, 43m. and 3h. 20m. respectively. Mars, in the constellation of Taurus, is an evening star and sets at 13h. 20m., 13h. and 12h. 32m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month respectively. Jupiter is a morning star, rising at 3h. at the beginning and 1h. 33m. at the end of the month. Saturn, in the constellation of Taurus, is a morning star, rising at 22h. 08m. in the middle of the month. Times are given approximately for the latitude of Greenwich. The Autumn Equinox commences on Sept. 23d. 22h. The longer evenings provide opportunities for those who are interested in observational work, and many interesting objects are within the range of a small telescope.
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The Night Sky in September. Nature 152, 243 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152243g0
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