February 11, 2025

Sunrise: 6:56 AM Sunset: 5:14 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 18 minutes This date marks the average greatest depth of snow on the ground during the winter. Although this can come anywhere from December to March, more interesting is that the average ranges from...

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Today: The Moon is just one day shy of Full as it rises in the company of Regulus, the brightest star in Leo, the Lion. Tomorrow night the pair will emerge from the dimming twilight by 6:30 PM, and will be due east two hours later. They crest high in the south just...

February 10, 2025

Sunrise: 6:57 AM Sunset: 5:13 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 16 minutes Weather patterns that create extreme periods of deep cold and snow, frequently demonstrate tremendous reversals, leading to the opposite extremes of warmth. Their timing can result in...

Monday, February 10, 2025

Today: Brilliant moonlight will hamper stargazers this evening, but the trio of bright stars marking Orion’s Belt should be easy to spot, due south in the evenings near 8:10 PM. The star on the left, Alnitak, is actually a triplet of stars, the two primary stars...

February 9, 2025

Sunrise: 6:58 AM Sunset: 5:11 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 13 minutes On this date in 1969, heavy snow was piling up, driven by strong winds, the first of two tremendous snowstorms that month. 20 inches was measured in Bethlehem and Rumney, NH, while Vernon, VT...