| Sept.
29 |
New
Moon 1:12am PDT; 08:12 UT. |
| Sept.
30 |
The
Moon conjoins Mercury
3:30am PDT; 10:30 UT.
The Moon conjoins Mars
5:20pm PDT; 00:20 UT 10/1. |
| Oct.
1 |
WiseUSA
2008 Teleconferences and webcasts begin.
The
Moon conjoins Venus
3:54pm PDT; 22:54 UT.
Look for a slim waxing
Crescent Moon 5º south (left) of Venus. Difficult to
see Mars lies to the right of Venus. 7pm
Map.
|
| Oct.
2 |
Look
for Venus to the right of the slim Crescent Moon. Venus sets by 8:15pm. Learn
more |
| Oct.
3 |
The
Moon lies below Antares, the red heart star of Scorpius. |
| Oct.
4 |
Antares,
the red heart star of Scorpius, now lies to the right of the Crescent
Moon. The Moon occults Antares for S half Africa, Madagascar,
W Australasia at 11:00 UT; 4:00am PDT. |
| Oct.
4-8 |
The
waxing Moon and Jupiter are a delight. |
| Oct.
5 |
The
Moon is at apogee (farthest from the Earth at 251,482 miles) 3:34am
PDT; 10:34 UT.
The Moon conjoins Pluto
6:08pm PDT; 01:08 UT 10/6.
The near First Quarter Moon
lies at the spout tip of the Sagittarian teapot. |
| Oct.
6 |
First
Quarter Moon 2:04am PDT; 9:04 UT.
The MESSENGER spacecraft
flies by Mercury promising to show us new views of the planet.
Mercury is in inferior
conjunction.
Jupiter is at quadrature.
Look
for the First Quarter Moon during the day and below Jupiter at night.
|
| Oct.
7/8 |
Draconid
meteor shower peaks Look toward our North Star. See Draco. |
| Oct.
10 |
The
Moon conjoins Neptune
2:50am PDT; 9:50 UT and occults the planet for E Asia, Philippines.
Japan, W Alaska. |
| Oct.
11 |
The
waxing
Gibbous Moon lies between Neptune to the west and Uranus
to the east. Fomalhaut, the Southern
Royal Star, lies south of
the
Moon
and to the north Enif, the nose of Pegasus
the Fying Horse. |
| Oct.
12 |
The
Moon conjoins Uranus
5:54am PDT; 12:54 UT.
The "fulling" Moon lies below the Square of Pegasus above Diphda, in
Cetus. |
| Oct.
14 |
Full
Moon 1:02pm PDT; 20:02 UT. The Pumpkin Moon?
Full
Moon Global Meditation (Stay
tuned for 2008 meditation.)
|
| Oct.
15 |
Mercury is
stationary
direct. Look for the predawn planet 30 minutes before sunrise,
shining at magnitude 0.9. Map |
| Oct.
15-29 |
Orionid
Meteor Shower is active. Look southeast 2:00am-dawn. |
| Oct.
16 |
The
Moon lies
west of and near
the Pleiades (M45).
The
Moon is at perigee (closest to the Earth at 226,069 miles) 11:09pm
PDT; 06:09 UT 10/17. |
| Oct.
17 |
Aldebaran
lies south of the
waning
Gibbous Moon. |
| Oct.
18 |
The
star Elnath, northern horn tip of Taurus the Bull lies just above
(northwest of) the Moon. Look for brighter Capella further north. |
| Oct.
19-26 |
Week of Prayer for World Peace |
| Oct.
20 |
The
Moon diagonally
lines up with the Gemini Twins, Castor and Pollux. |
| Oct.
20/21 |
Orionid
Meteor Shower peaks. Look southeast 2:00am-dawn.
Last
Quarter Moon 4:55am PDT; 11:55 UT. |
| Oct.
22 |
Morning
Mercury is at greatest
elongation and giving its best
predawn performance
for 2008. Map |
| Oct.
23 |
The
waning Moon approaches Regulus from the west. |
| Oct.
24-25 |
10/24
The
waning
Crescent Moon approaches Saturn from the west.
The
Moon conjoins Saturn
7:21pm PDT; 02:21 UT 8/31.
Sunset Venus lies north (right) of Antares. View this transit tomorrow
too.
10/25 Predawn's diminishing Crescent Moon passes Saturn to the east. |
| Oct.
25-Nov.26 |
WiseUSA
2008 is a global meditation supporting a U.S. election honoring
the Heart and Soul of America for the benefit of the entire Earth
community. Teleconferences and webcasts begin 10/1. |
| Oct.
26 |
The
morning's slim Crescent Moon approaches Mercury from the west. Mercury
rises near 6:00am. |
| Oct.
27 |
The
Moon conjoins Mercury
4:37am PDT; 11:37 UT.
Mercury
lies to the north (left) of a slender sliver of a Moon. Spica lies
east of the Moon. Mercury rises near 6:00am. |
| Oct.
28 |
New
Moon 4:14pm PDT; 23:14 UT. |