Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, August 15th.  The sun rises at 6:45.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 1 minute, setting at 8:47.   The moon, 2 days before new, will rise at 5:45 tomorrow morning.

Let’s see what’s happening with the bright planets for this week.  Mars Saturn and the star Spica make a bright skinny triangle in the west southwest after sunset.  Mars is in the middle between Saturn on the top and Spica.  They are located in the constellation Virgo the virgin.  Mars will be setting in the west at 10:59 p.m. Saturn will set at 11:12.  The triangle is going to fatten up over the next week as Mars heads eastward.  The morning sky features the two brightest planets:  Jupiter, which will rise at 1:12 a.m. in the east northeast and Venus, which will rise at 3:08 also in the east northeast.  The bright star Aldebaran in Taurus the bull will appear just to the lower right of Jupiter tomorrow morning, but Venus will be at greatest elongation from the sun.

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

Addendum

Looking west at 10 p.m. on August 15, 2012. Created using Stellarium.

Looking east at 5 a.m. August 16, 2012. Created using Stellarium.