Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for April Fools Day, Monday, April 1st.  The sun will rise at 7:22.  It’ll be up for 12 hours and 47 minutes, setting at 8:10.   The moon, 2 days before last quarter, will rise at 2:25 tomorrow morning.

Orion is one of the two constellations mentioned in the Bible, that have been deciphered.  These are mentioned in the Book of Job.  In the King James translation of the Bible the star Arcturus is mentioned.  Modern scholars have changed that to the Bear, that is the Great Bear, Ursa Major, of which the Big Dipper is a part.  The star cluster Pleiades, our Seven Sisters are also  mentioned.  There is no agreement of what Mazzeroth and the Mansions of the South are.  The translation of Orion from the original Hebrew fits the day today.  It’s Kesil, which means fool.  Considering the mythology of Orion, a very minor character of Greek mythology, he was indeed, if not a fool, very unlucky in love.

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

Addendum

Orion the fool at 10 p.m. on April 3, 2013. Created using Stellarium.  Note the Pleiades at the extreme right edge of the picture