Best night sky events for September 2025

Here we see the Earth in its orbit about to pass through a debris field causing a meteor shower.
Image courtesy of AccuWeather.com

This picture shows how close these three objects will be.
Image courtesy of John Taylor and Stellarium

by JOHN TAYLOR/Contributing Writer
| August 29, 2025 1:05 AM

In September, the cosmos puts on a memorable celestial show where the moon and Saturn will be occupying center stage! While August dazzled us with meteor showers and planetary alignments, September also has quite a lineup: many lunar conjunctions, including a triple conjunction, Saturn at opposition, the Aurigid meteor shower and many other notable events that are worth setting your stargazing calendar for. Let's begin!

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