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Tue 15 Sept

Saturn · B

Moon tonight

1%

flat light

Tonight

skip

mostly cloudy

Tonight’s sky

Garden horizon panorama — Site A is the back door; Site B the summer houseObstruction silhouettes for Site A, the back door (orange), and Site B, the summer house (blue) — azimuth 0–360°, altitude 0–90°, both drawn as filled skylines, with the night’s target tracks, bold where visible from Site B.30°60°NESWNUranusMarsSaturnNeptuneJupiterMoon

Night by night

NightSkyVerdictBest targetBest place & time
Fri 11 SeptskipMarsA · 02:15–04:50
Sat 12 SeptskipMarsA · 02:10–04:45
Sun 13 SeptskipMarsA · 02:10–04:40
Mon 14 SeptmaybeMarsB · 02:20–05:40
Tue 15 SeptgoSaturnB · 22:45–05:40
Wed 16 SeptskipMarsA · 02:10–04:30
Thu 17 SeptgoSaturnB · 22:40–05:45
Fri 18 SeptskipMarsA · 02:05–04:20
Sat 19 Sept—maybeSaturnB · 22:30–05:45
Sun 20 Sept—maybeSaturnB · 22:25–05:50

Below 20° a target shimmers through too much air; above 40° it’s properly clear of it. A half-lit Moon shows more than a full one — detail lives where the shadows are.