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02/15/2012 – Ephemeris – Where are the bright planets this week?

February 15, 2012

Ephemeris for Wednesday, February 15th.  The sun will rise at 7:43.  It’ll be up for 10 hours and 27 minutes, setting at 6:10.   The moon, 1 day past last quarter, will rise at 3:45 tomorrow morning.

Let’s see what’s happening with the bright planets for this week.  Venus is brilliant in the southwestern sky after sunset and will set at 9:52 in the west.  Jupiter is the second brightest planet after Venus.  It’s located high in the southwest as it gets dark and is seen against the stars of the constellation Aries.  And Venus is approaching it now.  Jupiter will set at 12:03 a.m.. Mars is the up and coming planet.  It will rise at 7:54 p.m in the east and is below the hind end of the constellation Leo the lion.  It is 66.1 million miles away and closing and is getting brighter.  It’s now as bright as most first magnitude stars.  Mars will pass due south at 2:27 a.m.  Saturn will rise at 11:26 p.m. just to the left of the bright star Spica in the east southeast.

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

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