Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, May 23rd.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 6 minutes, setting at 9:12.   The moon, 3 days past new, will set at 11:33 this evening.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:05.

Let’s see what’s happening with the bright planets for this week.  Venus is in the west as it gets dark.  Enjoy it now, because it will be gone in less than 2 weeks.  Venus will set at 11:07 p.m. in the west northwest.  That’s 33 minutes earlier than last week, so it appears to be drawing closer to the sun.  Venus is 29.5 million miles away and closing slowly.  It is a beautiful brilliant growing crescent in telescopes.  Mars is high in the south southwest in the evening in the constellation of Leo with its unmistakable bright reddish color.  It’s beginning to resume its eastward motion toward Virgo.  Mars will be setting in the west at 3:05 a.m. Saturn will be in the southeast moving above above the bright star Spica.

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

Addendum

The evening sky with the remaining bright planets at 10 p.m. tonight. Created using Stellarium.