Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Thursday, March 1st.  The sun will rise at 7:19.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 11 minutes, setting at 6:30.   The moon, 1 day past first quarter, will set at 3:18 tomorrow morning.

Let’s look at the skies for the month of March. The sun will pass the celestial equator as the promising season of spring will begin.  Daylight hours in the Interlochen/Traverse City area and will increase from  11 hours and 11 minutes today to 12 hours 44 minutes on the 31st.  The altitude, or angle, of the sun above the southern horizon at local noon will be 38 degrees today and will ascend to nearly 50 degrees on the 31st.  The altitude of the sun in the Straits area will be a degree lower.  Local apparent noon this month, when the sun passes due south, will be about 12:49 p.m.  Spring will begin on the 20th at 1:14 a.m.  Mars will be in opposition with the sun Saturday and closest to us on Monday.

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