Sunday, June 22, 2025

Today: Early risers tomorrow will find an even thinner Crescent Moon joining Venus, well to the left of the planetary beacon, but also just left of the returning collection of stars known as the Seven Sisters. They will be quite low at 3:45 AM, just as the first hints...

June 21, 2025

Sunrise: 5:07 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Summer may be underway, but that doesn’t mean all tomatoes are automatically safe. Over a century ago on this date, in 1918, the second of two frosty mornings in a row was recorded in...

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Today: In the wee hours tomorrow morning, the waning Crescent Moon will be rising in the east-northeast at around 2:15, followed by its planetary companion 45 minutes later, to the lower right of the Moon, the brightly shining Venus. That will give them an hour to...

June 20, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:38 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 32 minutes Yes, today is the first day of summer on the calendars, known also as Midsummer’s Day, though it seems like neither the first day of summer, nor the middle. Although the summer solstice...

Friday, June 20, 2025

Today: Today is the Summer Solstice, which occurs officially 10:42 PM EDT. At Montpelier the sun rises at 5:06 AM and sets at 8:37, the resulting 15 hours and 31 minutes of daylight making this the longest day of the day year. The transition into shortening days is...