Friday, November 14, 2025

Today: At 5:30 AM tomorrow, early risers can see the Crescent Moon about a third of the way up in the southeast. Low in the east-southeast is the bright blue star Spica. If you connect an imaginary line between Spica and Moon, and then follow it high in the sky, it...

November 13, 2025

Sunrise: 6:43 AM Sunset: 4:25 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 42 minutes Controlling the weather has been the subject of many discussions as to its merit. Cloud seeding had its beginnings on this date in 1946 over the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Scientists from...

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Today: At 7:50 PM you can see a faint cluster of stars called The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, appearing a little less than halfway up in the east. To locate them more easily, you can first identify the bright and orange-red star Aldebaran, which appears due east, and...

November 12, 2025

Sunrise: 6:42 AM Sunset: 4:26 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 44 minutes A heavy, wet snow storm on this date, November 12th, in 1968 brought 6 to 12 inches in many valleys, while 12 to 24 inches was common on the mountains. Readsboro measured 12 inches, and 11...

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Today: Just as the clock strikes midnight, the Last Quarter Moon rises above a level eastern horizon, later if hills and trees are in the way. Above this half-illuminated Moon, the brightest star in Leo, the Lion, Regulus, struggles to be seen through the Moon’s...