Mercury will be visible for nearly the entire month over the northwestern horizon at sunset, as it
moves eastward toward greatest eastern elongation on the 20th.
Venus may be visible above the northwestern horizn for the first few days of the month
however it quickly catches up with the Sun and is lost in the Sun's glare. Venus will reappear as an evening planet later this fall.
Mars is visible over the eastern horizon before sunrise. It starts the month between the two open star clusters, Pleiades and Hyades in Taurus,
and ends the month east of the Hyades.
Jupiter rises well before the Sun rises and shines brightly above the southeastern horizon.
Saturn Saturn will be visible most of the night and offers an interesting viewing opportunity as it moves away from
the star Porrima, a 3.5 magnitude star in Virgo. At the start of the month Saturn is less than one-half degree from Porrima and by month's end
Saturn will have moved about 1.5 degrees further toward the east. In this animated graphic there is a 6th magnitude star in the same field of view,
and the time step is set for one.
Saturn Saturn will be visible most of the night and offers an interesting viewing opportunity as it moves away from
the star Porrima, a 3.5 magnitude star in Virgo. At the start of the month Saturn is less than one-half degree from Porrima and by month's end
Saturn will have moved about 1.5 degrees further toward the east. In this animated graphic there is a 6th magnitude star in the same field of view,
and the time step is set for one.