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Ephemeris: 11/04/2024 – The Milky Way in Autumn

November 4, 2024

This is Ephemeris for Monday, November 4th. Today the Sun will be up for 10 hours and 1 minute, setting at 5:26, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:26. The Moon, 4 days past new, will set at 6:58 this evening.

As of yesterday the sunsets and sunrises have slipped back an hour so we have darker evenings and brighter mornings, as we came back to Standard Time. It seems odd that we spend less time of the year under Standard Time than we do under Daylight Time. Anyway, looking at the evening sky we see that Venus tonight will be above the four-day-old crescent Moon in the southwest after sunset. By 7 PM the northernmost star of the Summer Triangle, Deneb in Cygnus the swan or the Northern Cross, will be almost directly overhead. And the Milky Way at that time will run from northeast, overhead to the southwestern horizon. Remember tomorrow is Election Day. Make sure you cast your ballot before the end of voting tomorrow, if you haven’t already.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EST, UT – 5 hours). Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

The dome of the sky at 7:00 this evening,
The dome of the sky at 7:00 this evening, November 4th 2024, in four frames. The first showing only the stars and the Milky Way. The second labeling the first magnitude stars, the planet Saturn and the zenith with a cross with the letter Z. The third showing the outlines of the constellations along the Milky Way. The fourth adds the constellation names. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
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