Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Today: A wide, waxing Crescent Moon appears to the upper right of the giant planet Jupiter this evening, nearly two-thirds of the way up in the bright twilight near 7:30, settling to half way up, and closer to due west near the end of twilight an hour later....

April 2, 2025

Sunrise: 6:30 AM Sunset: 7:19 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 49 minutes It might sound discouraging to talk about some great April snow storm in years gone by, but we also know we have made it through such spring disappointments before. A three day snow storm...

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Today: A wide, waxing Crescent Moon appears to the upper right of the giant planet Jupiter this evening, nearly two-thirds of the way up in the bright twilight near 7:30, settling to half way up, and closer to due west near the end of twilight an hour later....

April 1, 2025

Sunrise: 6:31 AM Sunset: 7:17 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 46 minutes The heaviest snow of a long storm lasting 4 days started off April on this date in 1807. When it was over, the deepest snowcover ever noted was reported in some places, including Randolph, VT...

Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Today: April opens with a visual challenge in the western skies. A waxing Crescent Moon appears just above the star cluster, the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades, due west, one third of the way up at 8:15, settling lower and to the right through the evening. The...