Dark/Dark

Bus Stop Moon 649a
Bus Stop Eastern Horizon 650a

The days have gone dark.
Dark when I leave in the morning at 6:46a
Dark when I head to the bus home at 6:46p
Mainly as I have had to go in earlier for a manager's meeting in my manager's place, and as we have been authorised to work overtime until further notice, so I am taking advantage of this while it lasts. (The Census frowns on overtime.)

Today they've informed me that the manager's meeting will not start until 7:45a, which could be handy, as I could take the later bus in to work, but we are required to be to work by 730a, so the bus I take arrives at 7:06a. Makes for a really long day.

Anyway, I got curious about the current sunrise and sunset and found the naval site which allows you to put in any location and find the exact sunrise/sunsets.

Today's times:

U.S. Naval ObservatoryAstronomical Applications Department
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (longitude W92.1, latitude N46.8):

Wednesday 7 October 2009 Central Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:45 a.m.
Sunrise 7:16 a.m.
Sun transit 12:56 p.m.
Sunset 6:36 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:06 p.m.

MOON
Moonrise 7:22 p.m. on preceding day
Moon transit 3:19 a.m.
Moonset 11:27 a.m.
Moonrise 8:01 p.m.
Moonset 12:38 p.m. on following day

Phase of the Moon on 7 October: waning gibbous with 87% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Full Moon on 4 October 2009 at 1:10 a.m. Central Daylight Time.
Census Bureau map of Duluth area.

A little over a minute after sunrise. 717a

Ship Approaching 724a

728a

731a

732a

The Big Picture

738a

815a

830a

Ok, enough day dreaming watching cams.