Kepakemapa | September Skies at 8pm

HO
(NW 'O
ori AU
Ho LU
) Hokūpa‘a
zon
H L

riz A
'O

‘Iwakeli‘i North Star

KO

Cassiopeia o n)
(NE

Nāhiku
Big Dipper
Kamō‘i
Cepheus

Manōkalanipō
Alpheratz Pira‘etea
Deneb

Kākuhihewa Keoe
Pi‘ilani Pegasus Vega
Algenib Hōkūle‘a
Keawe Arcturus
Markab
KALUPEAKAWELO Navigator’s Triangle
Jupiter

Humu
Altair
MĀNAIAKALANI
Saturn MILKY
WAY
Kūkaniloko
Fomalhaut
Kamakaunuiamāui
Pīmoe Scorpius
MA Sagittarius
(SE LHo AN
Nālani
O NArizon)
riz AI K Ho
on
) (SW

This star chart incorporates the Hawaiian Star Compass and is oriented for an observer looking up and facing South.
In this orientation, the Hikina (East) horizon is on the left and the Komohana (West) horizon is on the right.
This chart reflects the night sky over Hawai'i at 8pm.

September Moon Phases September Highlights

> Fall Equinox - Sept. 22 marks the Autumnal, or Fall, Equinox, when the
sun rises exactly East and sets exactly West. As we approach the winter
season, the sun will rise and set in the southern sky and our days will be
FIRST FULL LAST NEW getting shorter.
9/3 9/9 9/17 9/25
> Jupiter & Saturn - The gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, will once again
grace our early evening sky. Saturn will appear higher in the
south-eastern sky, sandwiched between the Hawaiian star families of
Mānaiakalani and Kalupeakawelo. On Sept. 26, Jupiter will be at the
opposite side of the Earth from the sun and rise in the East at the same
time the sun sets in the West.