The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 1988
Highlights this month
- 5SatSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 17ThuLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A 54% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 20SunThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (12:50am)
- 23WedJupiter at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Taurus (mag −2.7). (1:41pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:12am | 7:55pm | 13h 43m | 9:34pm | 4:34am |
| Wed 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 02m | 9:48pm | 4:20am |
| Sat 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 21m | 10:04pm | 4:08am |
| Tue 30 | 5:51am | 8:27pm | 14h 36m | 10:19pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 1, 9:12pm
- New MoonThu 10, 1:24am
- First QuarterThu 17, 8:37am
- Full MoonThu 24, 2:51am
Apogee 4 Nov (405,300 km) · Perigee 20 Nov (366,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | −1.0 | 5:36am | 12:28pm | 7:21pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 4:36am | 10:58am | 5:20pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Psc | −1.3 | 3:47pm | 9:50pm | 3:56am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Tau | −2.7 | 8:44pm | 1:45am | 6:43am | All night |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.4 | 8:24am | 3:43pm | 11:02pm | Evening |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 8:15am | 3:38pm | 11:01pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 8.0 | 9:00am | 4:18pm | 11:35pm | 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 thin 17% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 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 54% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — November 1988
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 20 August 2026.