April 24, 2026

Sunrise: 5:52 AM Sunset: 7:46 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 54 minutes April of 1852 was a stormy, cold month. After 33 inches of snow during the month in Hanover, NH, a mild, thawing rain sent the rivers into high flood, including the “greatest flood ever...

Friday, April 24, 2026

Today: The now Gibbous Moon presides over a more tightly knit collection of bright objects in the west, by around 9:15 PM. Jupiter, forming a triangle with Pollux and Castor, heads of the Gemini Twins, jis wice as high as the sinking Orion in the west. To the left of...

April 23, 2026

Sunrise: 5:54 AM Sunset: 7:44 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 50 minutes On this day in 1996, it was raining. Of course that isn’t exciting in and of itself, but the month of April, 30 years ago, was the wettest ever on a state-wide basis. A cold, wet backwards...

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Today: The First Quarter Moon starts its monthly appearance high in the south at 7:00 PM, while a little daylight lingers. Two hours later the Moon has shifted slightly lower into the southwest. In the last hint of dusk, stars and planets have appeared, showing the...

April 22, 2026

Sunrise: 5:55 AM Sunset: 7:43 PM Length of day: 13 hours and 48 minutes Today is Earth Day, an event dating back to the 1970s. Thinking about the phrase, “think globally, act locally” I like to use this date to do a little hands-on work. Though the challenge varies...