Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Monday, August 5th.  The sun rises at 6:33.  It’ll be up for 14 hours and 28 minutes, setting at 9:02.   The moon, 1 day before new, will rise at 6:28 tomorrow morning.

High in the east as it gets dark flies the constellation of Cygnus the swan.  This constellation is also known as the Northern Cross.  The cross is seen lying on its side with the bright star Deneb, member of the Summer Triangle, at the head of the cross to the left.  The rest of the cross is delineated in the stars to the right.  As a swan, Deneb is the tail, the stars of the crosspiece of the cross are the leading edges of wings as Cygnus flies south through the Milky Way.  There are faint stars that also define the trailing wing edges.  It is a very good portrayal of a flying swan, like the mute swans we see on the wing around here.  In Cygnus we are looking in the direction that the sun is traveling as it orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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

Addendum

Cygnus The Swan Created using Stellarium.