Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Today: In March, the Milky Way is still fairly high across the western sky in the evening, running from the south, just above the bright star Sirius, then high in the west above Orion and Taurus, the Bull, then to the right of the bright star Capella, finally settling...

Monday, March 09, 2026

Today: By 2:30 AM tomorrow, a waning Gibbous Moon climbs into the southeast, and will spend the night seemingly towing a red star just behind it. This is Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion. The pair slides low through the southern skies, cresting due...

March 9, 2026

Sunrise: 7:13 AM Sunset: 6:49 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 36 minutes For those who have had enough of winter, or perhaps enough of this sort of winter, today is the day you’ve been waiting for. March 9th marks the end of the 91 coldest days of the year on...