Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Monday, March 4th.  The sun will rise at 7:14.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 20 minutes, setting at 6:34.   The moon, at last quarter today, will rise at 2:34 tomorrow morning.

The winter skies are blessed with more first magnitude stars than any other season.  Six of these stars lie in a large circle centered on the seventh.  This circle is up all evening now that we are in the heart of winter.  Starting high overhead is Capella in Auriga the charioteer.  Moving clockwise and downward, we come to Aldebaran in the face of Taurus the Bull and brighter nearby Jupiter.  Then down to Orion’s knee we find Rigel.  Down and left is the brightest star of all Sirius the Dog Star in Canis Major Orion’s large hunting dog, lowest of these stars in the south.  Moving up and left there is Procyon in Canis Minor Orion’s other hunting dog, Then above is Pollux in Gemini the twins.  All are centered on Betelgeuse in Orion.

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

Addendum

The Winter Circle and Jupiter for March. Created using Stellarium.