Archive for September 2024

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, September 30, and October 1, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:52 A.M. on Monday and sets at 6:37 P.M. On Tuesday it rises at 6:53 and sets at 6:36. The sky is completely dark and free of any vestiges of evening…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, September 27, through Sunday, September 29, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:49am and sets at 6:43pm; Moon rises at 1:20am and sets at 4:52pm. On Friday, the waning crescent Moon will move close to the faint Beehive star cluster. In a dark sky,…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, September 25 and 26, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:46 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 6:39 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:46 and sets at 6:44. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 06 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon reached last…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, September 23rd and 24th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 6:50 PM; night falls at 8:25. Dawn begins at 5:11 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:46. Eastern Taurus hosts the Moon on both nights. Monday’s sets at 1:46 PM, and rises…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, September 20, through Sunday, September 22, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:41am and sets at 6:55pm; Moon sets at 9:51am and rises at 8:12pm. On Sunday, the September equinox will arrive at 8:44 a.m. The Sun will be exactly above Earth’s equator, moving…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, September 18 and 19, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:39 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 6:59 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:40 and sets at 6:57. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 06 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon was full…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, September 16th and 17th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:02 PM; night falls at 8:38. Dawn begins at 5:02 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:38. Aquarius hosts both Moons. Monday’s set at 4:25 AM, rises at 6:25 PM, by 7:30…

On Friday, Sun rises at 6:33am and sets at 7:08pm; Moon sets at 12:31am and rises at 4:58pm. The bright waxing gibbous Moon will hang near Saturn in the east after sunset on Sunday. The waxing gibbous Moon forms a nearly equilateral triangle with Saturn to its left and Fomalhaut to its lower left. The…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, September 11 and 12, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:31 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 7:11 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:32 and sets at 7:09. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 54 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon reached first…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, September 9th and 10th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:15 PM; night falls at 8:52. Dawn begins at 4:53 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:30. Southern Scorpius hosts the Moon on both nights. Monday’s 6-day-old Moon rises at 1:04 PM,…