This is Ephemeris for Wednesday, March 27th. Today the Sun will be up for 12 hours and 33 minutes, setting at 8:04, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:30. The Moon, 2 days past full, will rise at 10:50 this evening.
Let’s find out where the naked-eye planets have wandered off to this week, and see what planets are left. Mercury is visible in the evening sky shortly after sunset appearing very low in the west. It will be visible for the next few days or so, slowly heading back toward the Sun since this past Sunday. Higher up in the sky is bright Jupiter in the west southwest. It will set at 11:25 pm. Jupiter will be visible in the evening for only about another month or so. In the morning Mars, and especially Venus and Saturn may be impossible to spot, in the east-southeast in the bright twilight. Mars will rise at 6:28, and will be very low in the east-southeast. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is below-right of Jupiter in the evening. I’ll have more about it tomorrow.
The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT–4 hours). They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Jupiter and Mercury as might be seen at 9:00 PM, or nearly an hour after sunset, tonight March 27th 2024 . Also Comet Pons-Brooks is in the same general area of the sky. It is 5th magnitude almost 6th, and probably not visible without binoculars or a small telescope . Created using Stellarium.
Here is a finder chart for Comet Pons-Brooks for the next week at 9:30 PM. Jupiter is also in the field. The first position is marked with the name, month and day, and the approximate magnitude. The chart shows a comet tail. The tail will probably not be visible visually, however if it is visible, that is the direction it will be pointing. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Carts du Ciel (Sky Charts).
The waning gibbous Moon tonight at midnight, March 27th 2024, with and without annotations of selected features . Created using Stellarium, LibreOffice Draw, and GIMP.
Mars as seen about 6:50 in the morning or about 40 minutes before sunrise, looking east-southeast. It may not look as bright as this. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium.
Jupiter as it might appear in a telescope at 9:30 this evening in this erect image, showing the position of its Galilean moons. Jupiter’s apparent diameter is 34.3″. Created using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts). Labels via Libre Office Draw.
The naked-eye planets, Comet Pons-Brooks, and the Moon at sunset and sunrise on a single night, starting with sunset on the right tonight, March 27th 2024. The night ends on the left with sunrise tomorrow morning on the 28th. The symbols and labels for Saturn and Venus in the morning overlay each other. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using my LookingUp app and GIMP.
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