Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Today: The Moon is one day from being completely Full, as it climbs into the east-northeast during the fading twilight. By 7:15 PM, the Moon has climbed more than one third of the way up in the east, directly below the two stars called the Twins of Gemini, with Castor...

January 24, 2024

Sunrise: 7:16 AM Sunset: 4:49 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 33 minutes On this date in 1857, following a day where temperatures did not rise above –16 in Burlington and –23 in Craftsbury, readings reached their lowest figures of the 19th century. Lancaster, NH...

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Today: Venus is now in its slow transition into the Sun’s earlier morning arrival, gaining 10 minutes since the first of the year. Venus lingers low in the southeast through mid-February, when it briefly encounters Mars, and then spends spring and most of the...

January 23, 2024

Sunrise: 7:17 AM Sunset: 4:48 PM Length of the day: 9 hours and 31 minutes During the coldest month of the 19th century, January, 1857, the 23rd ranks as the coldest day. The temperature in Burlington was -30 to start the morning, equal to their modern record, and...

Monday, January 22, 2024

Today: Glowing brightly within the collection of Winter’s brightest stars, the waxing Gibbous Moon finds itself halfway up in the east at 6 o’clock, surrounded by Capella, high above, Aldebaran, the red eye of Taurus, the Bull, well right, while the even...