The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2004
Highlights this month
- 5FriSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A 50% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 8MonSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:20pm)
- 12FriUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:05am)
- 17WedLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A 28% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 21SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:02pm)
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 QuarterFri 5, 4:55pm
- New MoonSat 13, 1:30am
- First QuarterFri 19, 4:47pm
- Full MoonSat 27, 7:13am
Apogee 3 Nov (405,200 km) · Perigee 15 Nov (362,000 km) · Apogee 30 Nov (405,900 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.4 | 7:02am | 2:32pm | 10:03pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.8 | 4:38am | 11:02am | 5:25pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 5:04am | 11:44am | 6:25pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 4:11am | 10:23am | 4:34pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.1 | 12:47am | 5:40am | 10:34am | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.9 | 1:23pm | 8:01pm | 2:43am | Evening |
| Neptune | Cap | 7.9 | 11:44am | 6:42pm | 1:44am | 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 50% 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 2004
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 15 July 2026.