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Ephemeris: 10/16/2025 – The Anishinaabe saw a Moose where Pegasus is

October 16, 2025 Comments off

This is Ephemeris for Thursday, October 16th. Today the Sun will be up for 10 hours and 55 minutes, setting at 6:55, and it will rise tomorrow at 8:01. The Moon, 3 days past last quarter, will rise at 3:57 tomorrow morning.

High in the southeast at 10 PM is the constellation officially called Pegasus the flying horse. The front part of his body is a pattern of stars we call the Great Square of Pegasus, and he’s flying upside down, quite an aerobatic horse. His wings are not seen in the stars, however his neck and head, up to his nose is, along with his front legs. The Anishinaabe peoples of this area call it Mooz, from which we get our word moose. He’s right side up, facing the west. His head is where we see the front legs of Pegasus, and his antlers are above it where there is another official constellation made of faint stars called Lacerta, which is a lizard. Not everyone sees the same figure in the stars.

The astronomical event times given in this blog are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (Lat 44.7° N, Long 85.7° W; EDT, UT – 4 hours) unless stated otherwise. Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

An animated GIF in three frames, showing: first the stars, then the lines of the modern constellation of Pegasus, then lines that could portray Mooz, a moose as the Anishinaabe peoples may have seen it.
An animated GIF in three frames, showing: first the stars, then the lines of the modern constellation of Pegasus, then lines that could portray Mooz, a moose as the Anishinaabe peoples may have seen it. Created using Stellarium , LibreOffice Draw, and GIMP.
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