Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Wednesday, December 21st.  The sun will rise at 8:16.  It’ll be up for 8 hours and 48 minutes, setting at 5:04.   The moon, 3 days before new, will rise at 5:58 tomorrow morning.

It’s Wednesday and time again to take a look at the whereabouts of the bright planets.  The planet Venus is prominent in the southwestern twilit sky after sunset setting at 7:30.  Jupiter is now the most prominent planet of the evening sky located in the high in the south and is seen against the stars of the constellation Aries.  It will pass due south at 8:36 p.m.  It will set at 3:20 a.m.. Mars will rise at 11:25 p.m in the east northeast and will be in the constellation Leo.  Mars will be due south at 6:01 a.m.  It is 105 million miles away and closing.  Saturn will rise at 2:57 a.m. just to the left of the bright star Spica in the east southeast.  Winter starts at 12:30 tomorrow morning.  I’ll have more on that tomorrow.

* Times, as always are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.