Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Arbor Day, Friday, April 26th.  The sun rises at 6:39.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 1 minute, setting at 8:41.   The moon, 1 day past full, will rise at 10:06 this evening.

Tomorrow the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society will hold a star party at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.  It will be held at Platte River Point, west of Honor starting at about 8:30 p.m.  The point is located at the end of Lake Michigan Road, off M22, less than a mile south of where Deadstream road meets M22.  This is a very dark location and we have a little time near 11 p.m. When it will be quite dark before moonrise.  The sequester has affected the park, but hasn’t so far affected our schedule.  We have monthly star parties from now until October at various locations in the park.  Next month the star we’ll be observing will be the sun, which we’ll do from the grounds of park headquarters in Empire.  So come on out.

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