Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Good Friday, Friday, April 6th.  The sun will rise at 7:13.  It’ll be up for 13 hours and 3 minutes, setting at 8:16.   The moon, at full today, will rise at 8:38 this evening.

The Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will meet tonight at 8 p.m. at the Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory.  Following will be a public star party featuring the moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn.  This year the first viewing night of the month will come at the end of the society meeting at 9 o’clock.  Come for both.  From April to September there will be a second star party at the observatory, plus other star parties and other events in the area. The presenter for the meeting tonight will be member Joe Brooks.  He will bring his extensive meteorite collection and talk about them and where they come from.  The observatory is located on Birmley Road between Keystone and Garfield roads.

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