Monday, September 08, 2025

Today: As the sun sets this evening at around 7:45 PM, the Waxing Gibbous Moon, still nearly full, will rise in the east. By 8:30, the Moon will be low in the east-southeast, and the gathering darkness will allow the pale yellow Saturn to again appear near the Moon,...

September 8, 2025

Sunrise: 6:21 AM Sunset: 7:14 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 53 minutes After a relatively cool summer, on this date in 1945 a late-season heat wave was in progress. It started on the 6th when temperatures reached the upper 80s to low 90s, then peaked on the 7th...

September 7, 2025

Sunrise: 6:20 AM Sunset: 7:16 PM Length of the day: 12 hours and 56 minutes It was on this date in 1953 that September’s most notable heat wave ended with a soaking rain. The Northeast Kingdom caught the brunt of a weather front slowing down over the region, with rain...

Sunday, September 07, 2025

Today: The Moon is Full each month as it reaches a position exactly opposite the Sun, so tonight’s Full “Corn” Moon rises as the Sun sets, and then sets as the Sun rises tomorrow morning. This connects with the Moon’s companion tonight, rising...

Saturday, September 06, 2025

Today: The Moon rises about a half hour before sunset this evening, one day before it becomes exactly Full, the “Corn Moon” as this year’s September Moon is known. The Harvest Moon occurs closest to the Equinox, which this year is October 6th, though...