The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2011
Highlights this month
- 5SatSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A bright 74% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 10ThuThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (3:00am)
- 10ThuNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:01am)
- 14MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best evening apparition. (7:32pm)
- 17ThuLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A bright 65% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 24ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:26pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 | 6:13am | 7:55pm | 13h 41m | 9:33pm | 4:35am |
| Thu 10 | 6:04am | 8:04pm | 14h 01m | 9:47pm | 4:21am |
| Sun 20 | 5:56am | 8:15pm | 14h 20m | 10:03pm | 4:09am |
| Wed 30 | 5:51am | 8:26pm | 14h 35m | 10:18pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 54 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- First QuarterThu 3, 3:37am
- Full MoonFri 11, 7:16am
- Last QuarterSat 19, 2:16am
- New MoonFri 25, 5:14pm
Apogee 8 Nov (406,100 km) · Perigee 24 Nov (359,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.3 | 7:07am | 2:38pm | 10:09pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −3.7 | 7:19am | 2:43pm | 10:07pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.0 | 2:41am | 8:04am | 1:26pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Ari | −2.7 | 6:22pm | 11:48pm | 5:18am | All night |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 4:52am | 11:17am | 5:42pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Psc | 5.8 | 3:45pm | 9:48pm | 3:55am | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 1:03pm | 7:45pm | 2:32am | 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 bright 74% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 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 bright 65% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — November 2011
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.