Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Wednesday, July 24th.  The sun rises at 6:20.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 56 minutes, setting at 9:16.   The moon, 2 days past full, will rise at 10:12 this evening.

Lets check out the planets visible now.  Venus is now low in the west northwestern sky in evening twilight,  Venus will set at 10:44 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.  In telescopes Saturn’s large moon Titan can be easily seen.  Saturn will set at 1:04 tomorrow morning.  Jupiter and Mars will rise close together at 4:14 and 4:17 a.m. Respectively in the east northeast in morning twilight.  The much dimmer Mars will appear to the lower left 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 and Saturn at 10:15 p.m. on July 24, 2013. Created using Stellarium.  Click on Image to enlarge.

Jupiter, Mars and Mercury in morning twilight at 5:20 a.m. on July 25, 2013. I didn’t mention Mercury on the program because it’s very difficult to spot.  Created using Stellarium.