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3 days ago · This will keep happening until Jan. 16, 2025, when the Earth will pass between Mars and the sun (this is called “opposition”), bringing Mars as close and bright as it gets in our sky.
2 days ago · Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, as they will appear in the November night sky through a powerful telescope. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)
- November 9: 1st Quarter Moon
- 1 Planet, 3 Stars, 2 Clusters
- What’s Up on The Night Sky This month?
- Taurid Meteor Showers in Early November
- November Moon Phases Video
- November 10 Evening: Moon Near Saturn
- November 12: Venus Shines Near A Mysterious Glow
- November 14: Moon Reaches Perigee
- November 15: Super Beaver Moon
- November 15-16: Mercury Greatest Distance from The Sun
The moment of 1st quarter moon will fall at 5:55 UTC on November 9, 2024. That’s 11:55 p.m. CST on November 8. A 1st quarter moon rises around noon your local time and sets around midnight. Watch for a 1st quarter moon high in the sky at sundown. Want more? Here are 4 keys to understanding the moon’s phases. The 2025 EarthSky Lunar Calendar presale...
This month, Jupiter will shine brightly near the bright stars of golden Capella, ruddy Betelgeuse and orangish Aldebaran. Also nearby will be the open star clusters of the Pleiades and the Hyades. Jupiter will rise a few hours after sunset at the beginning of the month and will rise around sunset by month’s end. It’ll be visible through dawn. Jupit...
Yo, skywatchers! Take a tour of the November sky with veteran stargazer Dave Adalian, EarthSky’s voice of the night sky Marcy Curran, and our master chart-maker John Goss (former president of the Astronomical League) … You’ll hear about the brightest visible planets Venus and Jupiter, about a chance to watch elusive Mercury, about the brightest sup...
Neither the South nor the North Taurid meteor showers have definite peaks. They’ve been rambling along since October – and are still going – and are especially noticeable now (early November), when they overlap. You might see five to 10 meteors an hour under ideal conditions. The best time to watch is around midnight on the days around November 5 w...
Join EarthSky’s Marcy Curran in this 1-minute video preview of the moon phases for the month of November 2024. This month is the Super Beaver Moon and it’s the last supermoon in 2024. Plus the moon visits several visible planets and bright stars.
The waxing gibbous moon will hang near Saturn in the east after sunset on the evening of November 10, 2024. Observers from parts of the Americas will see the moon occult Saturn at 2 UTC on November 11. The bright star Fomalhaut – the loneliest star – is nearby. They’ll set about an hour after midnight. Did you know that Saturn’s rings are sometimes...
Brilliant Venus will shine low above the southwestern horizon on November 12, 2024, about an hour after sunset. And, just above it lies the mysterious star-forming nebula, M8, or the Lagoon Nebula. Center Venus in binocularsand the indistinct glow of M8 will become apparent.
The moon will reach perigee – its closest point in its elliptical orbit around Earth – at 11 UTC (5 a.m. CST) on November 14, 2024, when it’s 223,761 miles (360,109 km) away. And tomorrow is the last of four supermoons in a row for 2024! Read more: What is a supermoon? The last one for 2024 is coming.
The moment of full moon will fall at 21:29 UTC (3:29 p.m. CST) on November 15, 2024. A full moon rises opposite the sunset, is highest in the sky at midnight and lies low on the western horizon opposite the sunrise. This is the 4th of four supermoons in a row. And it’s the Beaver Moon. Jupiter will lie near the Super Beaver Moon. The Pleiades star ...
Mercury reaches its farthest angular distance from the sun at 8 UTC (2 a.m. CST) on November 16, 2024. At that time, Mercury will be 23 degrees from the sun in our sky. Read more: Mercury farthest from the sunset on November 16.
Mars can be seen for more than 9 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. Jupiter is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the early morning hours and until sunrise. Saturn can be seen for more than 7 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night. Uranus is roughly in the opposite direction ...
Nov 13, 2024 · On the morning of Friday, November 15 (the morning of the full Moon after next), as twilight begins (at 5:51 AM EST), the setting full Moon will be 7 degrees above the west-northwestern horizon. The brightest planet in the sky will be Jupiter at 35 degrees above the western horizon. Mars will be at 68 degrees above the southwestern horizon.
5 days ago · Mars can appear bright or faint in our sky. 2024 has been mostly a faint year, but Mars has been steadily brightening. It’s beginning to get bright! The time to start observing Mars for this two ...
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Nov 1, 2022 · Mars as it will appear in the November 2024 night sky. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) Mars will begin November rising with the stars of Cancer in the late evening and then climbing ...
