As September turns summer into fall, our old friend Saturn sinks into the sun's afterglow. Left behind--for now--in the evening sky, Mars manages to avoid the same fate.
But Mars is fading as it falls ever farther behind Earth in the orbital race. If you have trouble finding it above the western horizon, on the 19th a waxing crescent moon hovers just to the left of the planet.
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