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...

March 5, 2026

Sunrise: 6:20 AM Sunset: 5:44 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 24 minutes The first of two heavy snowfalls came 55 years ago on this date, in 1971, part of four very snowy winters in a row, and in many locations the snowiest winter on record. This included the capital...

Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Today: Early March offers good views of the planet Jupiter, and yet you can see a pronounced change. Jupiter starts the evening high in the southeast around 6:30 PM, and will set after midnight, at around 3:30 AM. It loses height each evening through the next two...