Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Thursday, June 27th.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 32 minutes, setting at 9:31.   The moon, 3 days before last quarter, will rise at 12:14 tomorrow morning.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 5:59.

Last night we had the latest sunset of the year.  The sun is really beginning to head south.  Other than the sunrise and sunset numbers, we’ll begin to notice it for real in a few weeks.  At first that realization strikes me a sad note that summer is beginning to end.  However the astronomer in me realizes that means more night-time hours, and that the summer Milky Way is coming.  Of the three bright stars of the Summer Triangle overhead and in the east, two of its stars are in the milky band.  They are Deneb to the north and Altair to the south.  Vega, closest to the zenith is not in the band.  Actually all the stars we see with the naked eye or small telescopes belong to the Milky Way galaxy.

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

Addendum

The Summer Triangle at 11 p.m. Created using Stellaruim and The Gimp.