by FLEK Admin | Jun 21, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In the wee hours tomorrow morning, the waning Crescent Moon will be rising in the east-northeast at around 2:15, followed by its planetary companion 45 minutes later, to the lower right of the Moon, the brightly shining Venus. That will give them an hour to...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 20, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Today is the Summer Solstice, which occurs officially 10:42 PM EDT. At Montpelier the sun rises at 5:06 AM and sets at 8:37, the resulting 15 hours and 31 minutes of daylight making this the longest day of the day year. The transition into shortening days is...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 19, 2025 | NightSky
Today: This time around, night owls can catch the Moon rising in the east-southeast at around two o’clock tomorrow morning. On the Moon’s right flank will be Saturn. The two will remain in lockstep as they rise into southeast. The crescent moon will resist the...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 18, 2025 | NightSky
Today: With the Summer Solstice but two days hence, you might think that the Sun will come directly overhead. It’s true that the Sun reaches its highest point at our latitude on the Summer Solstice, when it will be just shy of 70 degrees above the southern horizon...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 17, 2025 | NightSky
Today: All night, every night, the North Star is right where it always is – half way up, due north. Many are surprised that the North Star is not the brightest star in the heavens. Rather than its brightness, Polaris’s location directly above the Earth’s...
by FLEK Admin | Jun 16, 2025 | NightSky
Today: As viewable at sunset, and slightly to left of due west, Regulus has drawn extremely close to Mars, appearing to the lower left of Mars, the separated by less 1 degree. Tomorrow the position of Regulus will have shifted to the lower right of Mars, but by a...
