Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Monday, August 27th.  The sun will rise at 6:59.  It’ll be up for 13 hours and 27 minutes, setting at 8:27.   The moon, 3 days past first quarter, will set at 3:44 tomorrow morning.

Over the weekend we learned that Neil Armstrong, the first human to step on the moon, passed away at age 82.  I am old enough to remember all of the space age from Sputnik to Curiosity’s landing on Mars.  The Apollo 11 landing and subsequent lunar EVA or moon walk were riveting to me and all the world.  Neil was an engineer and understood the flying machines he flew implicitly, whether it was the X15, Gemini, Apollo Command Module or the Lunar Module.  He stayed an engineer and became a college professor after he returned to earth, not cashing in on his fame.  He is a hero in a time that has no true heroes.  He will be remembered as long as humanity strives to reach the stars.

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