by FLEK Admin | Aug 31, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:12 AM Sunset: 7:28 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 16 minutes Until this past April, the last total eclipse of the sun to cross Vermont occurred on this date in 1932. The center of the eclipse dropped southeast from Quebec, through the Northeast Kingdom,...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 31, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Early risers this month have enjoyed an excellent display from Venus and Jupiter, but let’s give a nod to the “other” morning planet, the alwayss challenging Mercury, making a modest appearance within the morning twilight. Having as low and...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 30, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:11 AM Sunset: 7:30 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 19 minutes On this date in 1965 a tremendous early season cold spell was underway. Blustery northwest winds brought cold air to the mountains first, with a dusting of snow on Mt. Mansfield, and 2.5...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon’s cycle of 29 and a half days, being less than a calendar month, ends this month as it began. Having cycled back to its first quarter phase, it is half illuminated, and appears in the south-southwest at darkness falls. It has also circled back into the...
by FLEK Admin | Aug 29, 2025 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 7:32 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 22 minutes The second of three tropical weather systems was sweeping across the region on this date in 1893. Taking a track from Lake Ontario to Montreal to northern Maine, the passage of the storm to...
