65th day of the year and 7th of the lunar cycle: 1st quarter.
The sun will set at 6:23 and rise at 6:50; length of night: 12hr, 27min.
Tonight a conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon will occur. The moon will set at 2:58 AM and rise at 11:28 AM.
On this date in 1475 the artist Michelangelo was born.

Speaking of Orion, it contains more bright stars than any other constellation. Sitting on the celestial equator, Orion is visible from everywhere on Earth. Rigel (Arabic for “foot”) is the brightest star in the constellation and the 7th brightest in the sky. Historically it has been very important for navigation, as it is visible from every ocean in the world. It is the most luminous star in our region of the galaxy.