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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 24 23:52 UT)
RA 12 04 54.7Dec -00 31 54.4
X -1.002634
Y -0.025337
Z -0.010976
R 1.003014
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 23 | 04:19 | 04:51 | 05:22 | 05:48 | 17:53 | 18:19 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| 2026 Sep 24 | 04:20 | 04:52 | 05:23 | 05:49 | 17:51 | 18:17 | 18:49 | 19:20 |
| 2026 Sep 25 | 04:21 | 04:53 | 05:24 | 05:50 | 17:49 | 18:16 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
Moon Information
Currently (Thu, 2026 Sep 24 23:52 UT)
RA 22 48 28.7Selected Positions for September 2026
Dec -06 28 17.9
Phase 0.968 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.945 degrees
Diameter 30.89 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 161ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Sep 23 16:29 21:58 04:02 2026 Sep 24 16:53 22:42 05:14 2026 Sep 25 17:17 23:26 06:28 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 24 23:52 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 12 04 54.7 -00 31 54.4
Opposition 00 04 54.7 +00 31 54.4 180E 18:09 21:50 02:53
Mercury 13 18 35.2 -09 20 39.2 20E 07:36 13:03 18:26
Venus 14 08 49.3 -19 49 37.0 36E 09:04 13:53 18:40
Mars 07 59 37.5 +21 31 20.9 64W 00:33 07:44 14:54
Jupiter 09 22 48.1 +15 57 49.6 43W 02:18 09:07 15:57
Saturn 00 47 12.3 +02 07 39.7 169W 18:30 00:33 06:36
Uranus 04 13 21.2 +21 01 10.0 116W 20:51 03:59 11:07
Neptune 00 12 00.2 -00 14 50.0 178W 18:03 23:58 05:53
Pluto 20 24 36.2 -23 42 37.1 121E 15:23 19:59 00:28
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