Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Friday, October 7th.  The sun will rise at 7:47.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 25 minutes, setting at 7:12.   The moon, half way from first quarter to full, will set at 4:28 tomorrow morning.  |  Tomorrow night is International Observe the Moon Night the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will be out, if it’s clear, on the north side of Front Street in Traverse City, near the Martinek Clock.  The moon will be bright and a fat gibbous phase.  Later on in the evening Jupiter will appear to the east, and will provide even more moons to view.  Also that night the Draconid meteor shower will be active, if we happen to pass through a cloud of comet debris from past passages of the Comet Giacobini-Zinner near this part of earth’s orbit.  The Draconids have been spectacular at rare occasions in the past.  We don’t expect a super shower this time, but it may be more active than it usually is.  The bright moon will only allow the brightest to be seen.

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