July 4, 2025

Sunrise: 5:12 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 25 minutes “As hot as the 4th of July” is a common saying – sometimes even used to describe our seasons as “winter and the 4th of July”. Certainly the heat wave that climaxed on this date in 1911 added...

Friday, July 04, 2025

Today: July is the time to say good-bye to the classic constellation Leo, the Lion. The bright star on Leo’s shoulder, Regulus, is close to due west at 9:30 PM EDT as it emerges from the twilight, settling lower as the twilight fades by 10 o’clock. Leo continues...

July 3, 2025

Sunrise: 5:11 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 26 minutes Dr. Hiram Cutting of Lunenburg, VT recorded many interesting weather events, including the following from Victory, VT on this date in 1842. A very strong and apparently noisy tornado swept...

Thursday, July 03, 2025

Today: Mercury has reached its maximum separation from the Sun, known as its Greatest Eastern Elongation. Over the past 10 days, Mercury has been swinging from behind the Sun, and is now heading toward us. Eventually it sweeps closer to the Sun, making it all but...