Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, July 10th.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 20 minutes, setting at 9:27.   The moon, 2 days past new, will set at 10:28 this evening.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:08.

Lets check out the planets visible now.  Venus is now low in the west northwestern sky in evening twilight,  Venus will set at 10:59 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 1:59 tomorrow morning.  Jupiter, Mars and Mercury are too close to the direction of the sun to be seen.   I’ll check out 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.

Addendum

Venus, Saturn and the bright stars at 10:30 p.m. on July 10, 2013. Created using Stellarium.