Late Thursday night September 19^th or very early Thursday morning September 20^th the 22-day old waning gibbous Moon will be rising with the stars making up the v-shaped face of Taurus the Bull. These are the Hyades. The point of the v-shape is the nose of the bull while at the opposite ends are the eyes. Most noticeably is the reddish star Aldebaran, which from the mythology is the Bull’s ‘angry eye’.

   The Moon will be about 4-5^o to the west from Aldebaran and will may occult some of the stars making up the Hyades. At sunrise local time the Moon will be over the southern horizon and then sets around midday or early afternoon.

   
   
   

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