Saturday, May 30, 2026

Today: Just before 9 o’clock, reprising a scene from early this month, the Moon is just one day shy of being Full as it rises in the company of the red star Antares in the twilight, coming into view as the sky darkens from 9:00 to 9:30 PM. Like earlier this...

May 30, 2026

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:25 PM Length of day: 15 hours and 14 minutes Today is the traditional date for Memorial Day, or as it was known in the 1800s – Decoration Day. Decoration Day of 1884 saw one of the latest episodes of measurable snow on record. Both...

May 29, 2026

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:25 PM Length of day: 15 hours and 14 minutes The second hot May in a row was setting records on this date in 1978. Burlington reached 89 or better from the 26th through the end of the month, including records of 92 on the 28th and 89 on the...

Friday, May 29, 2026

Today: Prowling the heavens about halfway up in the southwest this evening, you’ll find Leo, the Lion, emerging at about 9:30 PM. Leo is one of the horoscope signs, its traditional dates of late July into the third week of August marking when the sun was against...

May 28, 2026

Sunrise: 5:12 AM Sunset: 8:24 PM Length of day: 15 hours and 12 minutes On this date in 1775, according to the book, “The History of Keene”, which quoted from the Abner Sanger diary, “Toward Night comes up a Terrible Hurricane Thunder shower. Trees...