Archive for October 2024

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, October 30 and 31, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 7:28 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 5:50 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 7:29 and sets at 5:48. This Thursday has 18 and a half minutes less daylight than last Thursday.…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday, and Tuesday, October 28th and 29th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 5:53 PM; night falls at 7:28. Dawn begins at 5:51 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 7:27. Eastern Virgo housed the Moon on both days. Monday’s 25-day-old Moon rose at 3:31 AM…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, October 25, through Sunday, October 27, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 7:21am and sets at 5:57pm; Moon rises at 12:18am and sets at 3:22pm. Before dawn on Friday, the waning crescent Moon will move close to the faint Beehive star cluster. In a…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, October 23 and 24, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 7:19 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 5:59 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 7:20 and sets at 5:58. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 12 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. The…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 7:13am and sets at 6:07pm; Moon sets at 8:42am and rises at 6:38pm. Soon after sunset on Friday and Saturday, the waning gibbous Moon will move closer to Jupiter. The Pleiades star…

The Sun rises at 7:10 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 6:10 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 7:12 and sets at 6:09. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 40 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon reached first quarter last Thursday and is moving toward full. On Wednesday a bright, gibbous Moon, almost fully…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday, Columbus Day, and Tuesday, October 14th and 15th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 6:14 PM; night falls at 7:48. Dawn begins at 5:35 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 7:09. Monday’s Moon appears in Aquarius; it set at 3:16 AM and rises at…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, October 11, through Sunday, October 13, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 7:07am and sets at 6:18pm; Moon rises at 3:33pm. The bright waxing gibbous Moon will hang near Saturn in the east after sunset on Sunday evening. They’ll set a few hours before…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, October 9 and 10, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 7:02 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 6:22 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 7:03 and sets at 6:20. This Thursday has 20 minutes less daylight than last Thursday. The Moon was…