04/06/11 – Ephemeris – The bright planets for this week
Wednesday, April 6th. The sun will rise at 7:14. It’ll be up for 13 hours and 1 minute, setting at 8:15. The moon, 3 days past new, will set at 11:46 this evening.
It’s Wednesday and time again to take a look at the whereabouts of the bright planets for this week. Jupiter is in conjunction with the sun today and will enter the morning sky. It’ll be more than a month before it’s easily spotted in the morning twilight. The ringed planet Saturn is rising before sunset and will be visible low in the southeast as it gets dark. It will cross the meridian due south at 1:37 a.m. and will set at 7:27 a.m. In telescopes Saturn shows its rings which are a year and a half along their seven and a half year opening along with at least one satellite, the large moon Titan. Venus is brilliant in the morning sky and will rise at 6:09 a.m. in the east southeast. It is really a beautiful sight in the morning twilight, though disappointingly small in a telescope.
* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
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