Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Wednesday, July 20th.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 5 minutes, setting at 9:21.   The moon, 3 days before last quarter, will rise at 11:33 this evening.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:16.

It’s Wednesday and time again to take a look at the whereabouts of the bright planets.  The ringed planet Saturn will be visible in the west southwest as it gets dark.   It’s near the bright star Spica to its left.  Spica has a blue tinge, while Saturn is yellowish. It will set at 12:29 a.m.   Saturn is a wonderful sight is a telescope with its rings.  We are now slowly seeing Saturn slip into evening twilight.  We have about another month of good viewing of Saturn before its image deteriorates by being too low in the sky.  Jupiter will rise at 1:15 a.m. in the east and is seen against the stars of Aries now.  Mars will rise at 3:24 in the east northeast and is located against the horns of Taurus the bull.

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