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07/03/2013 – Ephemeris – Where are the bright planets this week?
Ephemeris for Wednesday, July 3rd. Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 28 minutes, setting at 9:30. The moon, 3 days past last quarter, will rise at 3:22 tomorrow morning. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:03.
Lets check out the planets visible now. Venus is now low in the west northwestern sky in evening twilight, Venus will set at 11:03 p.m. Holding forth in the south southwest will be Saturn this evening, the brightest star-like object in the constellation Virgo appearing yellowish to the left of the extremely blue-white star Spica. Saturn is a wonderful sight in a telescope of 20 power or more. Small telescopes can also spot Saturn’s moon Titan as a dim star off a ways along the extent of the rings. Saturn will set at 2:27 tomorrow morning. Jupiter, Mars and Mercury are too close to the direction of the sun to be seen. I’ll cover Jupiter and Mars when they emerge later this month.
Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Ephemeris
- Looking from west to south at Venus, Saturn and some constellations low in the sky at 10:45 p.m. on July 3, 2013. Created using Stellarium. Click on the image to enlarge.
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