Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Wednesday, February 23rd.  The sun will rise at 7:30.  It’ll be up for 10 hours and 51 minutes, setting at 6:21.   The moon, 1 day before last quarter, will rise at 1:36 tomorrow morning.

Time again to take a look at the whereabouts of the bright planets for this week.  The planet Jupiter is up in the west southwestern sky in the early evening.  It is a spectacular sight in a telescope with its four satellites, shifting their positions from night to night, and the cloud bands running in the directions of the satellites.  Jupiter is the brightest star-like object in the evening before it sets at 9:04 p.m.  The ringed planet Saturn will rise at 9:46 p.m. in the east southeast and will move due south at 3:32 a.m.  Venus is brilliant in the morning sky and will rise at 5:28 a.m. in the east southeast. It is really a beautiful sight in the morning twilight.   Mercury is now too close to the direction of the sun to be seen, as is Mars which is now in the morning sky.

* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.