The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2063
Highlights this month
- 5MonSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 11SunSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:57pm)
- 12MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 3° apart. (9:31am)
- 15ThuUranus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:47am)
- 16FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (9:26pm)
- 17SatLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 25SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag −0.4) — best evening apparition. (4:48pm)
- 26MonThe Moon passes Mars — 0.2° apart. (3:20am)
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 02m | 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
- Full MoonTue 6, 4:29pm
- Last QuarterTue 13, 9:59pm
- New MoonTue 20, 5:08pm
- First QuarterWed 28, 10:05am
Apogee 1 Nov (405,200 km) · Perigee 16 Nov (367,700 km) · Apogee 29 Nov (404,700 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.4 | 6:57am | 2:25pm | 9:55pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.1 | 4:11am | 10:20am | 4:30pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Cap | 0.6 | 10:39am | 5:55pm | 1:13am | Evening |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.6 | 3:55am | 9:58am | 4:01pm | Morning |
| Saturn | Cnc | −0.1 | 12:57am | 5:52am | 10:47am | Morning |
| Uranus | Lib | 5.7 | 6:02am | 1:03pm | 8:05pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Tau | 7.8 | 10:40pm | 3:32am | 8:20am | Morning |
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 99% 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 thin 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2063
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 August 2026.