05/15/2017 – Ephemeris – A look at the constellation of Virgo the virgin
Ephemeris for Monday, May 15th. Today the Sun will be up for 14 hours and 49 minutes, setting at 9:03, and it will rise tomorrow at 6:13. The Moon, 3 days before last quarter, will rise at 1:03 tomorrow morning.
Tonight at 10 p.m. in the south-southeast, is the constellation and member of the of the zodiac: Virgo the virgin. Now Jupiter is seen against the constellation appearing above and right of its brightest star, Spica. Virgo is a large constellation of a reclining woman holding a stalk of wheat. Spica, is the head of that spike of wheat; and as such it ruled over the harvest in two of Virgo’s guises as the goddesses Persephone and Ceres. Virgo is also identified as Astraea the goddess of justice. The constellation of Libra, the scales, which she is associated with, is found just east of her low in the east-southeast. Early Christians who sought to de-paganize the heavens saw Virgo as the Virgin Mary. Virgo is the host to a grand cluster of galaxies.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Animated Virgo finder chart for 11 p.m., May 15, 2017. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
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Very cool…thanks for sharing.
Do you have like a calendar or something that gives info about different events? I’d love to learn more about this with my kids over the summer when school’s out.
So fascinating!
The other day my 4 year old stuck some diamond stickers in a big dipper configuration on her mirror- I was so blown away!!!