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I'll start off, as usual, with the phases of the Moon. We've got a full Moon occurring, about the first quarter Moon on the 14th. We've got a new Moon on the 21st, and a first quarter Moon coming up on the 29th. Interesting activity on both the 7th and the 21st with the Moon. We'll talk in just a few minutes. The Moon will be at Apogee, its closest to Earth, this month. On the 10th, it will be 226,662 miles from Earth. The Moon will be at Apogee, its farthest point away from Earth this month. On the 26th, it will be 251,996 miles from Earth. Planetary highlights for September. September's sky is rich with opportunities. Titan's shadow continues to transit Saturn. The ringed planet reaches opposition along with Neptune, with both worlds in the same region of the sky. Mars is descending towards solar conjunction. Uranus is a fine binocular target while Jupiter dominates the early morning. Venus starts the month near M44, then inches closer to a conjunction with Regulus and the crescent Moon. This excerpt is from Astronomy Magazine, September 2025, page 28. On with the planets. Mercury will be at superior conjunction on the 13th. That means that Mercury is actually behind the Sun from us. When it is at inferior conjunction, that means that Mercury is between us and the Sun. Right now it's behind, it will be behind the Sun on the 13th. Mercury is rising about 530 a.m. on the 1st. Conjunction Mercury returns to the evening sky setting about 713 p.m. by month's end. Mercury is visible about 30 minutes before sunrise just above the eastern horizon during the first week of the month and about 30 minutes after sunset to the west during the last week of the month. Mercury moves from the constellation of Leo to Virgo shining at magnitude minus 1.3 on the 1st. That's it for this week's episode. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please subscribe to my channel and hit the bell icon. Thanks for watching. I'll see you next time.