Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, July 17th.  Today the sun will be up for 15 hours and 9 minutes, setting at 9:23.   The moon, 2 days past first quarter, will set at 2:06 tomorrow morning.  Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:14.

Lets check out the planets visible now.  Venus is now low in the west northwestern sky in evening twilight,  Venus will set at 10:52 p.m.  Holding forth in the 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.  Saturn will set at 1:31 tomorrow morning.  Mars and Jupiter will rise close together at 4:23 and 4:35 a.m. Respectively in the east northeast in morning twilight.  The much dimmer Mars will appear about 4 moon diameters to the upper right of the brighter Jupiter, and may take binoculars to locate.

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

Addendum

Venus, Saturn, Moon and stars at 10:40 on July 17, 2013. Created using Stellarium.

Jupiter and Mars at 5 a.m. on July 18, 2013. Created using Stellarium.