A groundhog comes out his burrow in Pennsylvania on February 2 and, if he sees his shadow because the sky is icy-clear, determines that winter will linger for six weeks? Nonsense! Continue reading “Thor’s day”
Category: calendar, seasons, time
Nearest to Sun, but latest sunrise
In our picture of the dawn scene on January 5, Continue reading “Nearest to Sun, but latest sunrise”
Heliacal risings – Part Three
Comedy of clocks and dogs
Clocks are turned back an hour from shifted time to standard time Continue reading “Comedy of clocks and dogs”
Displaced clocks and peninsulas
Yet again comes the proposal to make Daylight-Shifting Time even worse Continue reading “Displaced clocks and peninsulas”
Short night, long Knight
On Monday June 27 will come another variant of the peak of summer: the latest sunset, a Continue reading “Short night, long Knight”
Solstice and more
Tuesday, June 21, will bring the solstice, peak of summer for our northern hemisphere. Usually Continue reading “Solstice and more”
Conundrums cosmic and comic
Here comes an improvement to my diagram of our motions in space.
A conjunction and a conundrum
Mars will pass only about half a degree south of Jupiter on Sunday Continue reading “A conjunction and a conundrum”
Loomin Moon, and Doom not Looming?
Today is Good Friday, and tomorrow comes the full Moon that is just in time to make the next day Easter Sunday.
