Friday, March 06, 2026

Today: Very high in the west-northwest, emerging from the fading twilight near 6:30 PM, sparkles the brilliant star Capella, the fourth brightest star that we can see. What we can’t see is that it is actually a pair of bright, giant stars, each more than twice...

March 6, 2026

Sunrise: 6:19 AM Sunset: 5:45 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 26 minutes Following record warmth in February, on this date, in 1984, thermometers tumbled below zero for the first of seven days in a row in most northern valleys in Vermont and New Hampshire. This is the...

Thursday, March 05, 2026

Today: You can watch the waning Gibbous Moon lift into the east this evening just before 9 o’clock, led by a fairly bright, bluish-white star called Spica, the only bright star in Virgo. Through the night they progress higher through the southeast, cresting due...