The sky on September 28, 2026
Moon. On the evening of September 28, 2026 the Moon is waning gibbous, 93% illuminated. That day the Moon sets at 9:06 AM MDT and rises at 7:30 PM MDT. Times are for Denver, Colorado; they shift by minutes to an hour elsewhere in the US and Canada.
Visible this week
- Aurora Outlook: Solar Cycle 25 Decline, September 24, 2026 to December 31, 2028. Northern US states and all of Canada; strong geomagnetic storms can push visibility as far south as the mid-latitude US.
- Saturn at Opposition, October 4, 2026. Visible throughout the US and Canada, up all night.
Sourced stories
A meteorite broke up over Murchison, Australia, on Sept. 28, 1969, with loud booms and a smoke streak. Fragments spread across about 13.5 square miles, and because a farmer got samples to scientists quickly, the 4.6 billion year old carbonaceous chondrite has shown that the building blocks of life are common in the cosmos. It is a good reminder of what a bright fireball can leave behind.
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