The Moon will be at its northernmost point for this year on Oct. 5, at 21h by Universal Time, as shown in this detail from the Zodiac Wavy Chart for this year.
At declination 28.30°, above the northern arc of the eclipticm the Moon will venture beyond the northern border of Taurus into the non-zodiacal constellation Auriga.
This happens when the Moon is near its last-quarter phase, ahead of us in our orbit, so it is in the morning sky, and the nearest time when we can conveniently see it near that northernmost point is tomorrow morning.
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Vegetable Delights Department
What is more beautiful than a red pepper or an eggplant (or aubergine, as it’s called in England))? This green-grocer shop makes me want to pick things up and eat them on the spot. It’s in a by-way near us in Isleworth, and is run by a Sikh family from Amritsar.
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Red peppers (or green or yellow or orange ones) are known as capsicums in Australia and New Zealand.
Those are lovely paintings!
The Moon was high overhead this morning, I had to lean way back to see her through binoculars. (Eighth magnitude Vesta, near the Moon just east of the top of Orion’s club, is getting easier to see, recognize, and track.) After sunrise the Moon was starting to set toward the west, and through the binoculars I saw dozens of diaphanous white strands drifting high in the sky. I thought they might be detritus from a defunct high altitude balloon. Turns out the strands were silk created by innumerable baby spiders, migrating in the hope of finding new homes.