Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Wednesday, September 14th.  The sun will rise at 7:19.  It’ll be up for 12 hours and 35 minutes, setting at 7:55.   The moon, 2 days past full, will rise at 8:29 this evening.

It’s Wednesday and time again to take a look at the whereabouts of the bright planets.  The planet Venus is rather close to the sun in the evening setting 23 minutes after the sun and not really visible. The ringed planet Saturn is not really visible in the west in evening twilight.   It will set 45 minutes after the sun.  Jupiter is now the prominent planet of the evening sky after it rises at 9:41 p.m. in the east northeast and is seen against the stars of the constellation Aries now.  It will be accompanied by its 4 brightest moons.  Mars will rise at 2:31 a.m also in the east northeast and is now between the constellation Gemini and Cancer.  Mercury is briefly visible now from about half an hour after its rising in the east at 6:17 until about 7 a.m.

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