Archive for February 2024

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, February 28 and 29, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:33 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 5:43 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:32 and sets at 5:44. This Thursday has just under 19 minutes more daylight than last Thursday. We…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday February 26th, and 27th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 5:41 PM; night falls at 7:15. Dawn begins at 5:01 AM and ends with Sunrise at 6:35. Eastern Virgo presents the Moon on both nights. Monday, the 17-day-old Moon sets at 7:37…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, February 23, through Sunday, February 25, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:41am and sets at 5:37pm; Moon sets at 6:39am and rises at 4:49pm. On Friday evening, the waxing gibbous Moon will float near the star Regulus, marking the bottom of the backward…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, February 21 and 22, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 7:18 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 4:57 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 7:17 and sets at 4:59. This Thursday has 13 ¾ minutes more daylight than last Thursday. The Moon…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday February 19th, and 20th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 5:32 PM; night falls at 7:06. Dawn begins at 5:12 AM and ends with Sunrise at 6:46. Gemini hosts the Moon on both nights in the southeast. Monday’s Moon sets at 4:13…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, February 16, through Sunday, February 18, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:52am and sets at 5:28pm; Moon sets at 12:52am and rises at 10:18am. The instant of first quarter Moon will fall at 10:01am on Friday. Just lower right of the Moon, by…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, February 14 and 15, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:54 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 5:25 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:53 and sets at 5:26. This Thursday has 18 ½ minutes more daylight than last Thursday. The Moon,…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday February 12th, and 13th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 5:23 PM; night falls at 6:58. Dawn begins at 5:21 AM and ends with Sunrise at 6:56. Monday’s 3-day-old Moon rises at 8:36 AM, by 7 PM it is 20° high in…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, February 9, through Sunday, February 11, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 7:01am and sets at 5:18pm; Moon rises at 7:14am and sets at 4:58pm. New Moon occurs at 6:59pm on Friday. The new Moon rises and sets with the Sun. This is the…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, February 7 and 8, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 7:04 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 5:16 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 7:02 and sets at 5:17. This Thursday has 17 minutes 19 seconds more daylight than last Thursday. The Moon reached last…