Today is: Thursday, September 3, 2026... Day 246 of the Year

Sunset at 7:47 pm EDT and rise at 7:02 am EDT
Waining Gibblous Moon rise at 10:56 pm. Distance: 231,000 miles

Evening Planets: (Western & Southern Sky)

Nighttime planets:
Mercury (In Solar Glare: Mag: -1.31) ... set 8:08 pm
Venus (Extremely Bright: Mag: -4.53) ... set 9:31 pm

Morning planets: (Eastern Sky)
Neptune (Need Telescope to see: Mag: 7.78) ... rise at 8:49 pm
Saturn (Pale Yellow: Mag: +0.35) ... rise 9:20 pm
Uranus (Need Telescope to see: Mag: +5.73) ... rise 11:51 pm
Mars (Dull Ruddy Red: Mag: +1.26) ... rise 2:35 am
Jupiter (Very Bright White: Mag: -1.61) ... 4:53 am

Note about Magnitudes:
The lower the number the brighter the object. For example, the sun's magnitude is -26, the full moon is -12, Venus: -4. The brightest star in the nighttime sky is Sirius at -1.5 while the stars of the Big Dipper are around +1. Polaris, the 'North Star' is rather dim at +2.0. The dimmist stars that you can see in a very dark area are around +5.

Transit: The time when the object is directly due south and highest in the sky. This is also known as the 'Meridian' and the time of culmination

Solar Noon (Sun highest in sky ... due south) 1:24 pm

Data Updated on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 11:21 am

All times are for Savannah. Add 1 minute for about every 15 miles westward and subtract 1 minute eastward.

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