The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 1985
Highlights this month
- 5TueSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 8FriMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best evening apparition. (8:25pm)
- 17SunLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 18MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (1:43pm)
- 19TueMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:16am)
- 23SatSaturn in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:10pm)
- 29FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (8:51am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 6:13am | 7:55pm | 13h 42m | 9:34pm | 4:34am |
| Sat 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 01m | 9:48pm | 4:21am |
| Tue 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 20m | 10:03pm | 4:08am |
| Fri 30 | 5:51am | 8:26pm | 14h 35m | 10:18pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterWed 6, 7:15am
- New MoonWed 13, 1:24am
- First QuarterTue 19, 7:59pm
- Full MoonWed 27, 11:47pm
Perigee 13 Nov (356,700 km) · Apogee 26 Nov (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.0 | 7:04am | 2:33pm | 10:02pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.7 | 5:20am | 12:03pm | 6:47pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 4:15am | 10:28am | 4:41pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.0 | 11:30am | 6:33pm | 1:40am | Evening |
| Saturn | Lib | 0.4 | 6:32am | 1:35pm | 8:38pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.8 | 7:26am | 2:45pm | 10:05pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Sgr | 8.0 | 8:33am | 3:51pm | 11:09pm | Evening |
Meteor showers
- Southern Taurids — peaks 5 November, radiant in Taurus (up to 5/hr). Sparse but rich in slow fireballs over a long, broad maximum. A 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- Leonids — peaks 17 November, radiant in Leo (up to 15/hr). Fast meteors; the radiant rises after midnight and is moderate from the south. A 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — November 1985
Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare
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Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 21 August 2026.