Here you will find useful observing information about the visible planets,
our Moon and other moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout.
Animated images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects,
or apparent and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular features include plotting the monthly positions of the
visible planets using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's apparent motion and the Earth's real
motion along the ecliptic.
Scroll down for more web site information, resources, and a link to the previous month issue.
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November Sky Calendar | ||||
02. Waning crescent Moon near Regulus 04. Daylight Saving Time ends 05. South Taurid meteor shower 06.Waning Crescent Moon near Spica, Venus, and Ceres Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation 07. New Moon 09. Mercury near Antares 11. Waxing Crescent Moon near Saturn Carl Sagan Day |
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12. Taurid meteor shower 13. Moon at descending node 14. Moon at apogee: 404,341 km (251,246 miles) 15. First quarter Moon Waxing gibbous Moon near Mars 16. Venus near Spica 17. Leonid meteor shower Asteroid Juno at opposition 22. Sun not in Sagittarius |
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23. Full Moon Moon near Aldebaran Sun Does Enters Scorpius 26. Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun Moon at perigee: 366,623 km (227,809 miles) 27. Moon at ascending node Mercury at inferior conjunction 29. Mercury at perihelion Waning gibbous Moon near Regulus 30. Last quarter Moon Sun Does Enter Ophichus |
Name | November 03 | November 12 | Novemberber 22 | |
Mercury | 306o 07' | 343o 13' | 032o 43' | |
Venus | 043o 22' | 059o 24' | 075o 30' | |
Earth | 039o 30' | 049o 33' | 059o 37' | |
Mars | 005o 44' | 011o 55' | 018o 01' | |
Ceres | 198o 52' | 201o 15' | 203o 45' | |
Jupiter | 242o 03' | 242o 50' | 243o 37' | |
Saturn | 278o 41' | 279o 59' | 280o 17' | |
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