May 5, 2025

Sunrise: 5:36 AM Sunset: 7:59 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 23 minutes A late season nor’easter was finishing up on this date, over 200 years ago in 1812. Rain changed to snow as far south as Philadelphia, while the higher elevations in southern Vermont...

Monday, May 05, 2025

Today: The Moon, now a waxing gibbous, has reached Leo, and is abreast of Regulus, the star that mark’s Leos breast plate, and which is also the constellation’s brightest. The Moon’s next close encounter with a bright star will be when it cozies up next to Spica, in...

May 4, 2025

Sunrise: 5:37 AM Sunset: 7:58 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 21 minutes The winter of 1798-99 was known as the Long Winter, having started with a heavy snowstorm on the 19th of November. The snow was heavy and deep well into spring. On this date in 1799, a rather...

Sunday, May 04, 2025

Today: High in the southwest in the failing twilight, the First Quarter Moon appears halfway between Mars and Regulus, the brightest star in Leo. Regulus sits very close to the path of the Sun, the same general path that the Moon follows, so these two have a regularly...

May 3, 2025

Sunrise: 5:39 AM Sunset: 7:57 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 18 minutes The coldest weather region wide in May occurred on this date in 1966. Widespread frost and freezing temperatures set spring back, though a cool April made sure that the vegetation was not too...