Sep 04

Binocular planet Uranus at opposition;  rises around
      sunset tonight

Sep 06

Brilliant Venus near star Regulus at dawn this morning

Sep 07

Full "Harvest" moon rises at sunset;  second closest
      perigee of year (357,175 km)

Sep 12

Waning gibbous moon near Pleiades star cluster after
      midnight tonight

Sep 19

Waning crescent moon east of Saturn at dawn this
      morning

Sep 21

Moon at apogee (406,500 km)
Waning crescent moon near Venus low in east at dawn
      this morning

Sep 22

Autumnal Equinox occurs at 9:03 p.m. PDT

Sep 23

Zodiacal light visible in east before morning twilight
      during next two weeks

Sep 25

Waxing crescent moon to the west of bright Jupiter at
       dusk

Sep 26

Waxing crescent moon to the east of bright Jupiter after
      dark

Sep 27

Waxing crescent moon near bright star Antares after dark

OCTOBER 2006

Oct 01

NASA established in 1958

Oct 06

Full "Hunter's Moon at third closest perigee of the year
      (357,410 km)

Oct 09

Waning gibbous moon near Pleiades star cluster after
      midnight tonight

Oct 16

Waning crescent moon near Saturn before dawn this
      morning
Mercury below brighter Jupiter low in southwest at dusk
      tonight

Oct 19

Moon at apogee (406,074)

Oct 21

First planetarium opened in Munich in 1923
Orionids meteor shower before dawn this morning
Zodiacal light visible in east before morning twilight
      during next two weeks

Oct 24

Waxing crescent moon with Mercury and Jupiter low in
      southwest at dusk tonight

Oct 25

Waxing crescent moon near bright star Antares at dusk

Oct 29

Daylight Savings Time ends today

NOVEMBER 2006

Nov 03

Moon at perigee (360,596 km)

Nov 04

Full “Beaver” moon rises at sunset

Nov 08

Mercury transits the sun; visible with eye protection this
      afternoon

Nov 12

Waning crescent moon near Saturn before dawn this
      morning

Nov 13

Waning crescent moon near star Regulus before dawn
      this morning

Nov 15

Moon at apogee (405,194 km)

Nov 17

Leonids meteor shower before dawn this morning

Nov 25

Mercury low in the east-southeast this week at dawn

DECEMBER 2006

Dec 01

Moon at perigee (365,923 km)

Dec 03

Waxing gibbous moon near Pleiades star cluster after
      dark

Dec 04

Full "Cold" moon rises at sunset

Dec 10

Mars, Saturn & Mercury close together low in southeast
      at dawn this morning

Dec 13

Geminids meteor shower tonight and tomorrow morning

Dec 15

Waning crescent moon near bright star Spica before
      dawn this morning

Dec 21

Winter solstice occurs at 4:22 p.m. PST 

Dec 24

First manned spacecraft (Apollo 8) to orbit moon in 1968

Dec 26

Mercury just north of brilliant planet Venus at dawn this
      morning
Full “Cold” moon rises at sunset

Dec 27

Moon at perigee (370,323 km)

Dec 31

Waxing gibbous moon near Pleiades star cluster after
      dark