Planet Scenes September 2026
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September 9 (Morning): Jupiter and Moon One morning after Jupiter's daylight occultation by the Moon, we see the pair still fairly close together rising in the east, with this view being about an hour before sunrise. |
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September 6 (Evening): Venus Venus is gradually pulling away from Spica, but they are still visible as a pair very low in the west a little more than an hour after sunset. Make sure you have an unobstructed western horizon! |
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September 6 (Morning): Saturn and Jupiter The gas giants are well placed in the September morning sky ~ Saturn high up in the southwest, with Neptune to its lower right, while Jupiter is low in the east below the Beehive Cluster of Cancer. Jupiter is depicted in the first two scenes, at different stages of the morning twilight. |