Today:
Not only is Orion lowering into the west more and more with each passing evening, but the Milky Way is also dropping nearer the horizon. Its faint light makes it difficult to see near the horizon through the thicker part of the atmosphere, and it will remain obscure in the evenings until summer. For a summer preview, you can see the Milky Way rising in the wee hours of the morning, at around 2:30 AM.
Tuesday:
Night owls can see the waning Gibbous Moon rise in the southeast at around 2:20 AM. As the moon then travels low in the southern sky, it will do so just ahead the constellation Sagittarius, to Moon’s left. Tomorrow night the Moon will rise about a half hour later, this time squarely within that part of Sagittarius known as the Teapot.
Wednesday:
Today marks the second anniversary of the stunning, Total Solar Eclipse that swept across the US and southeast Canada, right over northern VT and NH, last year in 2024. The weather cooperated surprisingly well, considering clouds dominate the skies on 4 out of 5 days in early April. The next total eclipse, favoring southern VT, takes place in May of 2079.