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The month's lowest tide (a not-very-low minus 0.8 foot) will occur on the morning of September 7th at 2:54am. During September the tidal range is typically minimized. Starting in mid-October, extreme negative tides will begin to occur during the afternoon hours (a much more convenient time for exploring tidepools in the low-lying intertidal zone), and not much in the early morning. By December and January, the highest high tides will crest at nearly +7 feet during morning hours, and the lowest low tides will sink to nearly -2 feet during afternoon hours.
The Planet Venus will continue to play its current role as "evening star" for another few weeks. You can spot it rather low in the west-southwestern sky as darkness gathers. Turn a small telescope on Venus, and you will discover that it now shows a crescent phase. By mid-October Venus will vanish from the evening sky, only to be reborn as a "morning star" during the first week of November.
The month's lowest tide (a not-very-low minus 0.8 foot) will occur on the morning of September 7th at 2:54am. During September the tidal range is typically minimized. Starting in mid-October, extreme negative tides will begin to occur during the afternoon hours (a much more convenient time for exploring tidepools in the low-lying intertidal zone), and not much in the early morning. By December and January, the highest high tides will crest at nearly +7 feet during morning hours, and the lowest low tides will sink to nearly -2 feet during afternoon hours.
The Planet Venus will continue to play its current role as "evening star" for another few weeks. You can spot it rather low in the west-southwestern sky as darkness gathers. Turn a small telescope on Venus, and you will discover that it now shows a crescent phase. By mid-October Venus will vanish from the evening sky, only to be reborn as a "morning star" during the first week of November.