skywatch

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,…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, September 6, through Sunday, September 8, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:26am and sets at 7:20pm; Moon rises at 9:50am and sets at 8:41pm. On Friday, Venus can guide you in evening twilight, to the slender waxing Moon, about 30 minutes after sunset.…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, September 4 and 5, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:24 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 7:24 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:25 and sets at 7:22. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 06 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. The…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, September 2nd and 3rd, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:27 PM; night falls at 9:07. Dawn begins at 4:43 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:23. For the next two weeks, faint beams can be seen in a dark location. It…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, August 30, through Sunday, September 1, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 6:18am and sets at 7:32pm; Moon rises at 2:21am and sets at 6:19pm. On the Friday Morning, in the east shortly before sunrise, the waning crescent Moon will hang near the twin…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, August 28 and 29, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 6:16 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 7:36 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 6:17 and sets at 7:34. This Thursday has 19 minutes, 06 seconds less daylight than last Thursday. We…

This is the Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, August 26th and 27th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 7:39 PM; night falls at 9:21. Dawn begins at 4:33 AM and ends with the Sun rising at 6:15. Monday’s Moon, in Taurus, is officially Last Quarter at 5:26 AM, sets at 2:47 PM…