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The apogee First Quarter Moon is Saturday September 19. Saturn is rising at astronomical twilight. Mars forms a line with the bright stars Procyon and Pollux. Jupiter is low in the morning sky. In the evening, Venus is becoming brighter and is at maximum brilliance on the 19th. Mercury is low on the horizon. Earth is at Equinox on the 23rd when the day is more or less equal to night in length.The First Quarter Moon is Saturday September 19. This is an apogee First Quarter Moon, when it is furthest from the earth. Earth is at Equinox on the 23rd when the day is more or less equal to night in length. North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, September 19 as seen from Adelaide at 5:16 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is low above the north-western horizon. Mars forms a line with the bright stars Procyon and Pollux. Jupiter is low on the horizon. Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before…