Tag: Autumnal Equinox
![The Sun setting perfectly in between skyscrapers down an east-west facing street in Chicago, Illinois. Due to the grid orientation in the City of Chicago, during an equinox the Sun sets perfectly down the middle of the city’s streets—a phenomenon known as Chicagohenge. Image credit: Raf Winterpacht (@rafwinterpacht on Instagram)](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1988-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: September 2023
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout August 2023? See Chicagohenge, the super harvest Moon, the spring equinox, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury.
![Adler Planetarium graphic depicting the fall celestial event, Chicagohenge.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/200811_LookUp_Chicagohenge-e1708719806754-655x504.jpeg)
Adler Skywatch: September 2021
Header Image: Adler Planetarium graphic depicting the fall celestial event, Chicagohenge. If you like dark-sky viewing, you’ll get more opportunities for it this September 2021 as Earth’s Northern Hemisphere approaches an equinox. The autumnal equinox, marking the fall season in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on the 22nd, at 2:21 p.m. CDT. On the autumnal equinox […]
![Up close image of the Moon taken by an Adler Planetarium astronomer in June 2020. Image Credit: Michelle Nichols](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/moon200602205934-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: October 2020
Header Image: Up close image of the Moon taken by an Adler Planetarium astronomer in June 2020. Image Credit: Michelle Nichols The “Red Planet” is at its closest and brightest for the year this month, October 2020. On the 6th, the planet Mars reaches its closest point to Earth for the next 15 years. In […]
![The Sun sets during Chicagohenge as a CTA train in Chicago, Illinois travels towards it. Image Credit: @cdats](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Chicagohenge-CTA-e1708719869970-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: September 2020
Header Image: The Sun sets during Chicagohenge as a CTA train in Chicago, Illinois travels towards it. Image Credit: @cdats It’s a great month for planet viewing and observing the Earth-and-sky occurrence known as “Chicagohenge”, in September 2020. Start your planet viewing during evening twilight by looking low in the southern skies to see the […]