by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2026 | NightSky
Today: Night owls can see the Moon, just one day past its Last Quarter, rise in the southeast near 2:15 AM tomorrow. Just to its lower left will rise the red star Antares, rising at about 2:50 AM, and the brightest star within the constellation Scorpius. The two will...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 8, 2026 | NightSky
Today: On the next clear night, it should be quite easy to find the brightest star – the North Star, right? No! As you scan the skies, tonight our brightest star emerges from the twilight in the southeast near 6:00 PM, and will be due south at 9:20 PM. You are...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 8, 2026 | SunRiseSet
Sunrise: 7:00 AM Sunset: 5:10 PM Length of day: 10 hours and 10 minutes Tremendously cold air enveloped the region on this date in 1861, perhaps the coldest 24 hours in the 19th century. Temperatures fell throughout the 7th, bottoming out on the morning of the 8th at...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 8, 2026 | MoonPhase
Waning Gibbous 63% illuminated Rise: none today Set: 9:37 AM
by FLEK Admin | Feb 7, 2026 | NightSky
Today: The waning Moon doesn’t rise until a few minutes before midnight, allowing dark evening skies to reveal the splendors of the Milky Way arched over the top of the sky. Early this evening, in the midst of the Milky Way and directly overhead near 7:55 PM,...
