Archive for August 2023

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday,August 30 and 31, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:18 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 7:33 P.M. OnThursday it rises at 6:19 and sets at 7:32. This Thursday has just over19 minutes less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon will be full…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday August 28th, and 29th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:37 PM; night falls at 9:18. Dawn begins at 4:35 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:17. Southeastern Capricornus houses the Moon on both nights. Monday’s 12-day-old Moon rises at…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, August 25, through Sunday, August 27, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:12am and sets at 7:42pm; Moon rises at 3:50pm. On Sunday, the waxing gibbous Moon shines in the south after dark. High above it, by three or four fists at arm’s length,…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday August 21st, and 22nd, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:48 PM; night falls at 9:33. Dawn begins at 4:24 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:09. Monday’6-day-old Moon rises at 11:10 AM, by 8:20 PM it is 16° high…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday August 14th, and 15th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:59 PM; night falls at 9:48. Dawn begins at 4:13 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:02. Cancer hosts Monday’s Moon, which rose at 3:49 AM, a thin 2% crescent…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, August 9 and 10, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 5:55 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 8:06 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 5:56 and sets at 8:05. This Thursday has 16 ½ minutes less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon was…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday August 7th, and 8th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:09 PM; night falls at 10:01. Dawn begins at 4:01 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 5:54. Northeastern Aries houses the Moon on both nights. Monday’s Moon set at 12:58…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, August 4, through Sunday, August 6, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 5:50am and sets at 8:13pm; Moon sets at 9:13am and rises at 10:13pm. Jupiter, at magnitude –2.4 in the constellation of Aries, rises a little after midnight in the east-northeast. By the…