Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Wednesday, March 14th.  The sun will rise at 7:55.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 52 minutes, setting at 7:47.   The moon, at last quarter today, will rise at 3:35 tomorrow morning.

Let’s see what’s happening with the bright planets for this week.  Mercury will make a brief appearance in the west after sunset.  It will set at 8:54.  Venus and Jupiter are brilliant in the western sky after sunset.  Jupiter will be just below left of Venus, the brighter planet. Jupiter will set first at 11:40 p.m. followed by Venus at 11:53.  Mars is up in the east in the evening with its unmistakable bright reddish color.  It’s in the constellation Leo the lion now.  It is 63.5 million miles and moving away.    Mars will pass due south at 1:04 a.m. and will be setting in the west near sunrise. Saturn will rise at 10:31 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.

Addendum

The planets at 11 p.m. March 14, 2012. Created using Stellarium.