July 26, 2025

Sunrise: 5:31 AM Sunset: 8:22 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 51 minutes The first of two surges of heat were noted on this date in 1917, as the temperature reached 94 in St. Johnsbury and 90 in Burlington, and would climb again into the 90s by the end of the week....

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Today: As the sun sets just before 8 PM, the Waxing Crescent Moon will be due west. By 10 PM, the twilight should be dim enough for the star Regulus to be visible just below and right of The Moon. Looking back toward the west and southwest, The Moon and Regulus align...

Friday, July 25, 2025

Today: As twilight now falls just a little earlier than the beginning of the month, you’ll find the skies dark enough to catch a view of the bluish-white star Spica, low in the southwest. Spica, translated as a “spike of wheat”, sits on the hips of...

July 25, 2025

Sunrise: 5:30 AM Sunset: 8:23 PM Length of the day: 14 hours and 53 minutes Torrential downpours from thunderstorms focused on the Ottauquechee Valley on this date in 1859. Flooding was reported to be the highest since 1811 according to a Woodstock newspaper. The next...

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Today: Tonight’s New Moon means there’s no moonlight in the south to sully the view of the red star Antares, the star appearing about a third of the way up in the south, by 9:30. If you look much higher and to the southwest, Arcturus appears; also much...