Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, August 22nd.  The sun rises at 6:53.  It’ll be up for 13 hours and 41 minutes, setting at 8:35.   The moon, 2 days before first quarter, will set at 10:58 this evening.  |  Let’s see what’s happening with the bright planets for this week.  Mars Saturn and the star Spica make a bright triangle in the west southwest after sunset.  Mars is on the upper left with Saturn on the upper right and Spica below.  They are located in the constellation Virgo the virgin.  Mars will be setting in the west at 10:41 p.m, and Saturn will set at 11:46.  The morning sky features the two brightest planets:  Jupiter, which will rise at 12:47 a.m. in the east northeast and Venus, which will rise at 3:11 also in the east northeast.  Venus’ rising times are now getting later after its greatest elongation last week.  The bright star Aldebaran in Taurus the bull will appear just to the right and a bit below Jupiter tomorrow morning

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

Addendum

The planets and the moon low in the west southwest at 9:30 p.m. Created using Stellarium.

Venus, Jupiter and the winter stars at 5:30 a.m. on August 23rd. Created using Stellarium.