Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Wednesday, November 3rd.*  The sun will rise at 8:22.  It’ll be up for 10 hours and 5 minutes, setting at 6:28.   The moon, 3 days before new, will rise at 6:34 tomorrow morning.

Lets take a look at the bright planets for this week. Mars is very low and lost in the evening twilight.  The planet Jupiter is up at sunset appearing in the southeastern sky in the early evening.  It will move due south at 10:29 p.m..  It is the brightest starlight object in the sky.  It’s located in Pisces this year and will set at 4:16 a.m.  Venus is in the morning sky but rises too close to be seen now.  It will appear quite suddenly a couple of weeks from now to the amazement of may folks who will report it as being a UFO.  Comet Hartley 2 has moved out ahead of the earth being in the morning sky. may be just visible in binoculars right of the star Procyon.  Saturn will rise at 5:43 a.m. in the east southeast.  It’s in Virgo this year.

* Times, as always are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.