By Heather Durham | August 31, 2020
Autumn Fires, by Robert Louis Stevenson
In the other garden.
And all up in the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over,
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
September 3. The Fruit Moon will be full. (Fruit Moon is a whimsical name for the Full Moon phase known also as the Corn Moon, or Barley Moon).
September 6. The Moon and Mars will rise closely to one another.
September 7. Venus will travel to it’s highest point in the sky.
September 9. The Perseid meteor shower will be prolific today when the celestial focal point shines above the horizon.
September 10. This brings us to the last quarter of the Fruit Moon.
September 14. The Moon and Venus will rise and travel close to each other.
September 21. Mercury will reach its highest point in the sky.
September 22. This is the first day of Autumn 2020 (the September Equinox). The Sun will rise due East and set due West.
September 23. This day will bring the first quarter of the Harvest Moon. It will be full on October 1. (The Full Moon following the Harvest Moon will be the Hunter’s Moon).
September 25. The Moon and Jupiter will ascend close to each other. The Moon and Saturn will do the same.
September 27. This will be the prime day for viewing the Daytime Sextantid meteor shower. These can be difficult to see as they appear on the eastern horizon near the rising Sun. (Do not look directly at the Sun). Just before sunrise might be best.
References:
In-the-Sky.org. (2020). Guides to the Night Sky. Retrieved from in-the-sky.org/newscal.php?year=2020&month=9
Pan McMillan. (2020, August 18). Ten Autumn Poems. Retrieved from www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/literary/poems-poetry-about-for-autumn-keats-frost-classic
Universe Guide. (2020). Daytime Sextantids Meteor Shower. Retrieved from www.universeguide.com/meteorshower/daytimesextantids
Wikipedia. (2020, August 26). Full Moon. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
Wikipedia. (2020, August 12). Perseids. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids
Wikipedia. (2020, August 21). September Equinox. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox
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