Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter, September 2014
Monday, Sept. 29. The shadows of Europa and Callisto cross the face of Jupiter simultaneously, best seen from India and central Asia. Seen here from New Delhi.
Mercury, September 2014
Mercury will be in its best evening apparition of 2014 for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. Northern observers will have more difficulty seeing it.
Venus, September 2014
Venus is low in the eastern sky, rising just before the sun.
Mars, September 2014
Mars is now fading rapidly in brightness as it moves towards the far side of the sun.
Jupiter, September 2014
Jupiter is low in the morning sky in the constellation Cancer.
Saturn, September 2014
Saturn, in Libra, is low in the WSW evening twilight sky, setting in mid evening.
Uranus, September 2014
Uranus is rising in mid-evening in the constellation Pisces, heading towards opposition on October 7.
Neptune, September 2014
Neptune was in opposition on August 29th in Aquarius, so the planet is visible all night long.
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