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OK, go ahead and get into the local astronomical news for this ninth day of September. Start off as usual with the phases of the Moon. We had a full Moon on the seventh, the last quarter Moon coming up on the 14th, a new Moon on the 21st, and a first quarter Moon on the 29th. If you haven't had a chance to check out the recent lunar eclipse images on the Web, definitely do that. We had one back on the seventh. And it was on the total opposite of the planet from where I'm sitting. Basically it was centered over Asia, that area, Africa, Australia. This half of the planet did not get to see it. But there's lots of pictures out there of the recent eclipse, that's for sure. The Moon will be at Perigee, its closest to the Earth this month, on the 10th. It will be 226,652 miles from Earth. The Moon will be at Apogee, its farthest point away from the 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 toward 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.