Friday, February 27, 2026

Today: The waxing gibbous Moon, two days shy of full, will be due east at 5:15, just prior to sunset. As night falls, the Moon will become clustered with a handful of other bright objects. Jupiter, still nestled between the Geminin Twins, will appear above the Moon...

February 26, 2026

Sunrise: 6:32 AM Sunset: 5:34 PM Length of day: 11 hours and 2 minutes A storm from the 26th to the 27th in 1869 marked the third big dumping of snow of a very snowy month. By month’s end Randolph, VT reported 37.5 inches, and Woodstock, VT totaled 40 inches....

Thursday, February 26, 2026

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 7:00 PM. The star on the left, Alnitak, is actually a triplet of stars, the two primary stars...