September's new moon points the way to Mars, Jupiter and more

[Admin]

September's new moon rises tonight (Sept. 14). Here's what you can expect to see in the night sky around this time.

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[Jan Steinman]

"during new moons, if you drew a line from the pole star due south through the sun, it would hit the moon."

I'm having trouble visualizing this.

Polaris is some 350 light years from us. Wouldn't any line drawn from Polaris through the Sun enter the Sun at nearly it's north pole, not even approaching the orbit of the Earth?