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SkyWatch: September 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Thu, 2026 Sep 17 20:51 UT)
RA 11 39 47.6Dec +02 11 09.9
X -1.000581
Y 0.086571
Z 0.037530
R 1.005020
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2026 Sep 16 | 04:12 | 04:44 | 05:15 | 05:42 | 18:04 | 18:30 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| 2026 Sep 17 | 04:13 | 04:45 | 05:16 | 05:43 | 18:02 | 18:29 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| 2026 Sep 18 | 04:14 | 04:46 | 05:17 | 05:44 | 18:01 | 18:27 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
Moon Information
Currently (Thu, 2026 Sep 17 20:51 UT)
RA 16 48 29.4Selected Positions for September 2026
Dec -27 31 29.6
Phase 0.411 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.907 degrees
Diameter 29.65 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 77ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Sep 16 10:34 15:26 20:11 2026 Sep 17 11:38 16:16 20:48 2026 Sep 18 12:37 17:06 21:33 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Thu, 2026 Sep 17 20:51 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 11 39 47.6 +02 11 09.9
Opposition 23 39 47.6 -02 11 09.9 180E 17:58 23:51 05:54
Mercury 12 40 47.8 -04 29 26.8 17E 07:05 12:51 18:35
Venus 13 58 50.8 -18 03 25.5 40E 09:16 14:12 19:08
Mars 07 41 43.0 +22 11 11.4 61W 00:41 07:55 15:09
Jupiter 09 17 28.0 +16 21 22.4 38W 02:41 09:33 16:24
Saturn 00 49 07.1 +02 20 30.1 162W 18:02 01:07 07:11
Uranus 04 13 37.0 +21 01 49.4 109W 20:21 04:30 11:39
Neptune 00 12 42.7 -00 10 09.4 172W 17:34 00:30 06:26
Pluto 20 24 55.9 -23 41 40.3 128E 15:55 20:31 01:00
Sep 01 2026 Sep 16 2026 Sep 30 2026
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Sun 10 39 28.8 +08 29 07.8 11 33 31.0 +02 51 40.8 13 22 23.8 -08 40 16.5
Opposition 22 39 28.8 -08 29 07.8 180E 23 33 31.0 -02 51 40.8 180E 01 22 23.8 +08 40 16.5 180E
Mercury 10 57 17.8 +08 23 07.6 4E 12 30 56.9 -03 12 29.7 16E 14 54 04.5 -19 52 15.8 25E
Venus 13 19 13.0 -12 00 34.5 45E 13 55 36.5 -17 31 50.2 41E 14 00 11.6 -20 11 00.5 15E
Mars 06 56 49.7 +23 19 49.2 55W 07 37 09.4 +22 20 12.9 60W 08 50 29.0 +19 01 30.6 72W
Jupiter 09 03 49.4 +17 19 23.3 25W 09 16 05.8 +16 27 21.0 36W 09 37 16.2 +14 51 54.4 61W
Saturn 00 53 05.2 +02 48 23.9 145W 00 49 34.7 +02 23 38.3 160W 00 41 07.4 +01 28 40.6 167E
Uranus 04 13 32.4 +21 01 36.4 93W 04 13 39.3 +21 01 55.1 107W 04 11 33.6 +20 56 38.1 137W
Neptune 00 14 18.7 +00 00 37.0 155W 00 12 53.2 -00 08 59.6 170W 00 09 53.3 -00 28 31.7 160E
Pluto 20 26 01.5 -23 38 04.6 145E 20 25 01.4 -23 41 22.8 130E 20 24 08.5 -23 43 22.2 100E