We won’t have a solar eclipse until Aug. 21, 2017, but observers in central Africa already saw an annular eclipse, where the moon covered most but not all of the sun, few hours ago.
Also this month, there are two minor meteor showers, both with about 5 swift and bright meteors per hour at their peak, which will be near dawn. The first was the Aurigid shower on Sept. 1. The second shower is the Epsilon Perseids on Sept. 9. The first quarter moon sets on the 9th at midnight, just in time for the best viewing of the Perseids.
There are many nice pair-ups between the moon and planets this month. You can see the moon between Venus and Jupiter on Sept. 2, and above Venus on the 3rd, right after sunset low on the West-Southwest horizon. On the 15th the nearly full moon pairs up with Neptune, two weeks after its opposition, when the 8th planet is closest to Earth in its orbit around the sun.
Watch and learn:www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_2rgiyJ5Pg&feature=youtu.be
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