Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Today: The bright, bluish-white star Vega is due west and very high at 8:30 PM EDT. Vega is one of the nearer stars to us, at a distance of 26 light years. This young star is tinted blue because it is very hot, converting its hydrogen to helium at a much faster rate...

October 6, 2025

Sunrise: 6:54 AM Sunset: 6:22 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 28 minutes On this date in 1836, a cold weather pattern had settled into the northeast. The second of three early snows fell, focused mostly on southern New York and northern Pennsylvania where up to 26...

Monday, October 06, 2025

Today: The Moon reaches Full tonight, and being the Full Moon closest to the Equinox, it is called the Full “Harvest” Moon. Its name likely extends back before written accounts, related to the time of year, but also the fact that this Full Moon rises close to the same...

October 5, 2025

Sunrise: 6:53 AM Sunset: 6:24 PM Length of the day: 11 hours and 31 minutes Going back 60 years ago, to 1965, following some unseasonably hot weather in late September, the weather turned shockingly winter-like. Temperatures remained in the 30s, while snow dusted the...

Sunday, October 05, 2025

Today: Nearly full, the Moon will rise due east at around 5:40 this evening, able to muscle its way through the sun’s glare. By 7 o’clock, the sun’s glare nearly gone, Saturn will emerge and become visible just below the Moon. This is the closest the...