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; Sun's apparent, and Earth's real
motion along the ecliptic.
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November Sky Calendar | ||||
01. Moon at Descending Node Waxing Crescent Moon West of Saturn 02. Waxing Crescent Moon East of Saturn 03. End U.S.A. Daylight Saving Time (Set clock back one hour) 04. First Quarter Moon 07. Moon at Apogee: 251,693 miles (405,060 km) 08. Venus near Antares 09. Mars near Spica 11. Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Mercury Transit of the Sun |
12. Full Moon 13. Waning Gibbous Moon near Aldebaran 16. Mercury at Perihelion Waning Gibbous Moon at Ascending Node Waning Gibbous Moon near Pollux 17. Waning Gibbous Moon near Beehive Open Star Cluster Leonid Meteor Shower 20. Last Quarter Moon Moon near Regulus 22. Sun does not enter the astrological constellation Sagittarius the Archer   |
23. Moon at Perigee: 227,870 miles (366,721 km) Sun does enter the Astronomical constellation Scorpius the Scorpion 24. Venus Near Jupiter Moon near Mars 26. New Moon 28. Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation Waxing Crescent Moon near Jupiter, Venus, and Ceres 29. Moon at Descending Node Waxing Crescent near Saturn 30. Sun does enter the Astronomical constellation Ophiuchus the Healer |
Planet cordinate data for the visible planets and the Sun at 10-day intervals for this month.
Click here to see the
web page showing this information, and also for a larger and easier to read version of the above graphic.