What's Up for September? Venus returns to the morning sky,

What's Up for September? Venus returns to the morning sky, the Harvest Moon, and in search of zodiacal light…

After brightening our evening skies for most of this year, Venus has now switched over to being a morning sky object. Look for the superheated, cloud-covered planet as a bright beacon in the eastern sky before sunrise throughout the month. It will appear fairly high in the sky from the Northern Hemisphere – reaching 30 to 40 degrees above the horizon by month's end, depending on your latitude.