Good morning.
Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 29. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 4:31, for 9 hours, 6 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 3.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1836, the Wisconsin Territory is formed by an act of the Michigan Legislature. Brown County loses a portion of its original possession north of the Menominee River but gains the remainder of the eastern peninsula. Territorial officials were sworn in later in the year on July 4th.
New York rings in the 2025 New Year with famed Times Square ball drop:
What’s Up: January 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA:
0:14 Four planets at once
1:02 Venus & Saturn Get Close
1:39 Mars at Opposition
2:31 Quadrantid Meteors Peak
3:07 January Moon phases