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Spring & Summer Event Calendar
The 2023 Lake season is quickly approaching! Be sure to bookmark this page and come back - we will be launching a calendar of weekly events. And a special shout out to thank Chris Rogers of Anglers Outpost & Marine for continuing to keep everyone in the community updated!
Thanks to Anglers Outpost & Marine
Anglers will be donating a Sponsor level membership to the Herrington Lake Conservation League for every boat purchase in 2023 - we thank them for this awesomeness and be sure to have a look if you're in the market for something new!
Herrington Nights
🌟 Exciting Astronomical Events in September 2023! 🌟
Mark your calendars for these breathtaking astronomical events:
- September 1: Aurigids’ peak (ZHR = 6).
- September 3: Moon passes 3°05' from Jupiter (mag -2.6).
- September 4: Venus ends retrograde motion; Jupiter begins retrograde motion.
- September 5: Moon passes 1°6' from the Pleiades (mag 1.2).
- September 6: Last Quarter Moon; Mercury at inferior solar conjunction.
- September 9: September ε-Perseids’ peak (ZHR = 5).
- September 10: Moon passes 1°30' from Pollux (mag 1.1).
- September 11: Moon passes 10°49' away from Venus (mag -4.8).
- September 13: Moon passes 4°6' away from Regulus (mag 1.4), 5°59' away from Mercury (mag 2.0); C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) makes closest approach to the Earth. 🌟
- September 15: New Moon; Mercury ends retrograde motion.
- September 16: Moon passes 0°35' from Mars (mag 1.7).
- September 17: Moon passes 2°24' from Spica (mag 1.0); C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) reaches perihelion.
- September 18: Venus (mag -4.8) at its greatest brightness. 🌟
- September 19: Neptune at opposition.
- September 21: Moon passes 0°54' from Antares (mag 1.0); lunar occultation of Antares (mag 1.1) (visible from Japan, eastern Russia, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands).
- September 22: Mercury at greatest morning elongation; First Quarter Moon.
- September 23: September equinox. 🌟
- September 27: Moon passes 2°38' from Saturn (mag 0.5); Daytime Sextantids (ZHR = 5).
- September 29: Full Harvest Moon (Supermoon). 🌟
Don't miss these celestial wonders! 🌌 Use the Sky Tonight app to discover the exact times and locations for each event, ensuring you have a front-row seat to the cosmic magic! 🪐✨ #AstronomyEvents #CosmicWonders #Stargazing
plan your herrington lakelife with these 2024 pto hacks
Ok, who’s already looking at their PTO for next year?? Planning a good stretch of relaxation to just enjoy yourself and get some much needed lake time is essential, and 2024 is just around the bend …
Unfortunately, some of us have to be a bit crafty with vacation days, so we can make the most of what we have. So, we have worked out some of the best PTO dates to maximize that like life - never too early to start planning your next set of lake days!
Jan 2-5 for 9 days off
Jan 16-19 for 9 days off
Feb 20-23 for 9 days off
May 28-31 for 9 days off
June 20-21 for 5 davs off
July 1-3 & 5 for 9 days off
Sept 3-6 for 9 days off
Nov 12-15 for 9 days off
Nov 25-27 & 29 for 9 days off
Dec 23, 24, 27, 30 & 31 for 12 days off
Get a look at what's happening in the night sky this month .
Herrington Nights in November
Here are the exact dates and times for the key events in August 2025:
- October 2: Ceres (mag 7.6) at opposition, Mercury (mag -0.5) near Spica (mag 1);
- October 5: October Camelopardalids’ peak (ZHR=5);
- October 6: Saturn (mag 0.6), and Neptune (mag 7.8) near Moon;
- October 7: Supermoon 🌟;
- October 8: C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) passes perihelion 🌟; Draconids’ peak (ZHR=5);
- October 10: Moon near Aldebaran (mag 0.8); lunar occultation of the Pleiades (mag 1.6); Uranus (mag 5.6) near Moon;
- October 11: Delta Aurigids’ peak (ZHR=2); Jupiter (mag -2.2) near Pollux (mag 1.2);
- October 13: Southern Taurids’ early activity (ZHR=5); Jupiter (mag -2.2) near Moon; Pollux (mag 1.2) near Moon; Last Quarter Moon;
- October 14: Moon near the Beehive Cluster (mag 3.1);
- October 16: Lunar occultation of Regulus (mag 1.4);
- October 18: Epsilon Geminids’ peak (ZHR=3);
- October 19: Mercury (mag -0.2) near Mars (mag 1.4); Venus (mag -3.9) near Moon;
- October 20: C/2025 R2 SWAN passes perigee 🌟;
- October 21: Orionids’ peak (ZHR=20) 🌟; New Moon; C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) passes perigee 🌟;
- October 23: Mercury (mag -0.2) and Mars (mag 1.4) near Moon;
- October 24: Leonis Minorids’ peak (ZHR=2); lunar occultation of Antares (mag 1.0);
- October 29: Comet 3I/ATLAS passes perihelion 🌟; First Quarter Moon; Mercury (mag −0.1) at greatest eastern elongation (≈ 24° from the Sun) 🌟.
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