Monday, September 01, 2025

Today: The planet Mercury reaches the end of its reasonable viewing window, barely visible, and quite low in the east-southeast from 5:35 to 5:45, and likely requires a pair of binoculars to find it. Mercury’s swift orbit of 88 days brings it back into the...

September 1, 2025

Sunrise: 6:13 AM Sunset: 7:26 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 13 minutes September arrives with summer still in place, both on the calendar, and according to the weather records fifteen years ago on this date, in 2010. A week of temperatures in the upper 80s and...

August 31, 2025

Sunrise: 6:12 AM Sunset: 7:28 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 16 minutes Until this past April, the last total eclipse of the sun to cross Vermont occurred on this date in 1932. The center of the eclipse dropped southeast from Quebec, through the Northeast Kingdom,...

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Today: Early risers this month have enjoyed an excellent display from Venus and Jupiter, but let’s give a nod to the “other” morning planet, the alwayss challenging Mercury, making a modest appearance within the morning twilight. Having as low and...

August 30, 2025

Sunrise: 6:11 AM Sunset: 7:30 PM Length of the day: 13 hours and 19 minutes On this date in 1965 a tremendous early season cold spell was underway. Blustery northwest winds brought cold air to the mountains first, with a dusting of snow on Mt. Mansfield, and 2.5...