Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Thursday, November 10th.  The sun will rise at 7:32.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 48 minutes, setting at 5:20.   The moon, at full today, will rise at 5:05 this evening.

The planet Venus is about to become visible low in the southwest after sunset.  It might be visible a half hour after sunset.  Venus is way beyond the sun now and coming around toward the earth.  It will take some months to move around the sun toward the earth.  As it does it will grow in size and its phase will wane.  In white light Venus appears as a featureless cloud covered ball.  It is illuminated by the sun, and so its appearance will change as it moves around the sun. And when it passes between the earth and the sun on June 6th next year, it will do so in grand style by passing in front of the sun as a transit of Venus which will not reoccur for 105 years.  From our location, we will be able to see he start of that transit in the late afternoon.

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