Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Monday, November 8th.  The sun will rise at 7:29.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 52 minutes, setting at 5:22.   The moon, 3 days past new, will set at 7:11 this evening.

High in the south at 9 p.m. are the four bright stars of the Great Square of Pegasus, the upside down flying horse.  Lying along the left and bottom sides of that square is the constellation of Pisces the fish, one of the 12 constellations of the Zodiac that lie along the path of the sun, moon and planets.  Even though the constellation is called the fish, the fish themselves are not represented in the stars.  What can be traced in the stars is the rope, that’s tied to their tails, anchored at the extreme southeastern part of the constellation.  The right or western end of the Pisces is the asterism, or informal constellation, of the Circlet.  It’s the loop of 5 stars, the rope around the tail of one of the two fish.  And this year the planet Jupiter is right below it.

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