Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, June 6th.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 26 minutes, setting at 9:24.   The moon, 2 days past full, will rise at 11:31 this evening.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 5:57.

Let’s see what’s happening with the bright planets for this week.  Venus is now in the morning sky and very close to the sun, will be seen again in a few weeks.  Mars is in the southwest in the evening in the constellation of Leo the lion with its unmistakable bright reddish color, though its fading as it retreats from us.  It’s heading eastward toward Virgo.  Mars will be setting in the west at 2:20 a.m. Saturn will be in the south above the bright star Spica now.  It’s due south at 10:09 p.m. and will set at 3:45 a.m.  Jupiter, now a morning planet will rise at 5:01 a.m. in the east northeast.  Mercury is in the evening sky but too close to the sun to be seen, we should be able to spot it the last week of this month.

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

Addendum

The planets at 10:15 in the evening. Check out Mercury near the horizon. Created using Stellarium.

5:15 a.m. at 6/7/2012. Morning sky and Jupiter. Created using Stellarium.