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title: 'Autumn Equinox Sunset Viewing – 2010'
url: 'https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/autumn-equinox-sunset-viewing-2010'
markdown: 'https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/autumn-equinox-sunset-viewing-2010.md'
date: '2010-09-05'
description: 'It’s time again! Add it to your calendar – the quarterly sunset viewing at Solstice Park is coming up in just a couple weeks! When: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 7:07pm (so come at 6:30pm) Where: Solstice Park (or, if you’re not in Seattle, wherever you have a view of the western horizon!) Who:…'
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    - Event
    - Jupiter
    - Moon
    - Sun
    - "Tonight's Sky"
    - 'West Seattle'
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# [Autumn Equinox Sunset Viewing – 2010](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/autumn-equinox-sunset-viewing-2010)

   5th Sep 2010   [Event](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Event#body-wrapper) [Jupiter](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Jupiter#body-wrapper) [Moon](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Moon#body-wrapper) [Sun](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Sun#body-wrapper) [Tonight's Sky](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Tonight's%20Sky#body-wrapper) [West Seattle](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:West%20Seattle#body-wrapper) [Year](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Year#body-wrapper)  

It’s time again! Add it to your calendar – the quarterly sunset viewing at Solstice Park is coming up in just a couple weeks!

- When: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 7:07pm (so come at 6:30pm)
- Where: [Solstice Park](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/2009/06/solstice-park-west-seattle) (or, if you’re not in Seattle, wherever you have a view of the western horizon!)
- Who: Everyone welcome, as usual.

[![](http://www.google.com/calendar/images/ext/gc_button1_en.gif)](http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=ZW4ybHJhbnJ2N2pyNnBnMDU0ZGdldTBsdDQgMDIwYzZocXVmZHJkZnJhajE5djQ5NHQ2OXNAZw&tmsrc=020c6hqufdrdfraj19v494t69s%40group.calendar.google.com)

[![](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/user/pages/blog/autumn-equinox-sunset-viewing-2010/2009_06_11-solstice-park-hdr-3.jpg "2009_06_11-solstice-park-hdr-3")](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/user/pages/blog/autumn-equinox-sunset-viewing-2010/2009_06_11-solstice-park-hdr-3.jpg)Sunset on June 11, 2009 Credit: Jason Gift Enevoldsen

Come watch the autumn equinox sunset at Solstice Park in West Seattle on Monday. We’ll see if the sunset lines up with the placed marker. I’ll be there even if it is cloudy, but not if the weather is miserable.

If it is clear we’ll bring a telescope or two to take a look at the Moon after the Sun goes down – and maybe Jupiter if we stay until it is dark enough.

If you’re interested – here’s the timing of various celestial events on Saturday from Seattle, courtesy of the [U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department:](http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/rs-one-day-us)

> **Sun and Moon Data for One Day**
> 
> The following information is provided for Seattle, King County, Washington (longitude W122.3, latitude N47.6):
> 
> Wednesday 22 September 2010 Pacific Daylight Time
> 
> SUN
> Begin civil twilight 6:25 a.m.
> Sunrise 6:56 a.m.
> Sun transit 1:02 p.m.
> Sunset 7:07 p.m.
> End civil twilight 7:38 p.m.
> 
> MOON
> Moonrise 6:10 p.m. on preceding day
> Moon transit 12:11 a.m.
> Moonset 6:23 a.m.
> Moonrise 6:28 p.m.
> Moonset 7:27 a.m. on following day

This event is my part of the NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors program, and thanks to [West Seattle Blog](http://westseattleblog.com/) for publicizing the last few!

Everyone is welcome, see you there!

![](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/user/pages/blog/autumn-equinox-sunset-viewing-2010/Mars.png)~ A l i c e !

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