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...

June 19, 2025

Sunrise: 5:06 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM Length of the day: 15 hours and 31 minutes Some of the hottest weather of the 20th century was scorching our normally temperate region on this date thirty years ago, in 1995. The mercury soared to 100 degrees in Burlington, VT, as well...

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Today: This time around, night owls can catch the Moon rising in the east-southeast at around two o’clock tomorrow morning. On the Moon’s right flank will be Saturn. The two will remain in lockstep as they rise into southeast. The crescent moon will resist the...