by FLEK Admin | Apr 23, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:54 AM Sunset: 7:44 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 50 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 30 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet backwards...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 22, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Tonight the Moon will have a very close encounter with our largest planetary neighbor, Jupiter. In the fading twilight at around 8:45 this evening, a wide, waxing Crescent Moon will appear two-thirds of the way up in the southwest. Hovering barely below the...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 22, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:55 AM Sunset: 7:43 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 48 minutes Today is Earth Day, an event dating back to the 1970s. Thinking about the phrase, “think globally, act locally” I like to use this date to do a little hands-on work. Though the challenge varies...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 21, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 5:57 AM Sunset: 7:42 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 45 minutes Spring appeared to be well underway on this date, in 1993. Temperatures reached the 60s in most places just ahead of a cold front. By evening, rain had turned to snow in the Adirondacks. While...
by FLEK Admin | Apr 21, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Tonight comes the expected peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Look to the northeast around 10 PM. To the right of the bright star Vega, the Lyrids will be concentrated between the constellations Lyra and Hercules, and will lift high in the eastern sky. An average...
