by FLEK Admin | Feb 18, 2026 | MoonPhase
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated Rise: 7:15 AM Set: 6:55 PM
by FLEK Admin | Feb 18, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The planet Mercury presents a challenge to see, even when it’s at its best. Tonight, though, the slender Crescent Moon acts as an excellent guide to our elusive, inner-most planet. With the twilight ebbing between 5:45 and 6 o’clock, look low in the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 18, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:45 AM Sunset: 5:24 PM Length of day: 10 hours and 39 minutes The biggest storm of a snowy February came to an end on this date in 1952. The snowfall of 28 inches in Northfield brought snow levels to 40 inches on the ground. In the southern Green Mountains...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 17, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:47 AM Sunset: 5:22 PM Length of day: 10 hours and 35 minutes Classic New England snow storms are often measured against the tremendous storm that struck all of New England on this date in 1958. As a storm, it wasn’t until 1993 that winter storm...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 17, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s New Moon will facilitate the detection the most distant object human eyes can see, the Andromeda galaxy, a faint smudge of light, one half of the way above the west-northwest horizon, as twilight ends after 7:00 PM. It appears at the hip of the...
