Posts Tagged ‘Astronomy’

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, July 22nd and 23rd, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:26 PM; night falls at 10:29. Dawn begins at 3:36 AM and ends with sunrise at 5:05. Monday’s Moon set at 6:40 AM and rises at 9:44 PM; just past Full Moon,…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, July 19, through Sunday, July 21, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 5:34am and sets at 8:28pm; Moon sets at 3:01am and rises at 7:42pm. On Friday, the nearly full Moon tonight shines in the handle of the Sagittarius Teapot. Cover the Moon with…

This is the Dudley Observatory’ s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday, July 15th and 16th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:30 PM; night falls at 10:37. Dawn begins at 3:25 AM and ends with Sunrise at 5:32. The 9-day-old Moon rises in southern Libra at 3:16 PM, highest at 8:11 PM,…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 14, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 5:28am and sets at 8:33pm; Moon rises at 12:07pm and sets at 11:56pm. The Moon will reach apogee, its farthest distance from Earth in its elliptical orbit around Earth, on Friday, when…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, July 10 and 11, 2024, written by Alan French.The Sun rises at 5:27 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 8:34 P.M. On Thursday it rises at 5:28 and sets at 8:34. This Thursday has 7minutes 50 seconds less daylight than last Thursday.The Moon was new…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday July 8th and 9th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:35 PM; night falls at 10:47. Dawn begins at 3:15 AM and ends with Sunrise at 5:26. The Moon resides in western Leo on both nights and appears 30 arc-minutes in size.…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday July 1st and 2nd, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:37 PM; night falls at 10:52. Dawn begins at 3:07 AM and ends with Sunrise at 5:22. Now that we passed Solstice, today’s days are shorter by a few seconds. Monday’s Moon…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, June 28, through Sunday, June 30, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 5:19am and sets at 8:38pm; Moon rises at 12:30am and sets at 12:48pm. The last-quarter Moon occurs at 5:53pm on Friday. It’ll rise after midnight and will set around noon. Look for…

This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Wednesday and Thursday, June 26 and 27, 2024, written by Alan French. The Sun rises at 5:19 A.M. on Wednesday and sets at 8:38 P.M. On Thursday it also rises at 5:19 and sets at 8:38. In the northern hemisphere, we are past the summer solstice so we…

This is the Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Monday and Tuesday June 24th and 25th, written by Joe Slomka. The Sun sets at 8:38 PM; night falls at 10:55. Dawn begins at 3:02 AM and ends with Sunrise at 5:19. The constellation Capricornus displays the Moon on both nights. Monday’s 18-day-old Moon sets at 7:41…