The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2067

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

Highlights this month

  • 4FriMars is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (6:27pm)
  • 5SatSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A thin 3% Moon leaves the sky dark.
  • 9WedThe Moon passes Venus — 1.0° apart. (1:35pm)
  • 11FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (1:16pm)
  • 17ThuLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A bright 83% Moon interferes badly this year.
  • 30WedMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:50pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Tue 16:13am7:55pm13h 42m9:34pm4:34am
Thu 106:03am8:05pm14h 02m9:48pm4:21am
Sun 205:55am8:16pm14h 20m10:03pm4:08am
Wed 305:51am8:26pm14h 36m10:18pm3:59am

Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • New MoonMon 7, 11:15am
  • First QuarterMon 14, 12:06pm
  • Full MoonMon 21, 10:54am
  • Last QuarterTue 29, 9:10am

Perigee 14 Nov (369,900 km) · Apogee 28 Nov (404,800 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryLib−1.05:37am12:30pm7:23pmHidden
VenusOph−3.77:33am3:00pm10:27pmEvening
MarsPsc−1.44:04pm10:03pm4:05amEvening
JupiterSgr−1.89:10am4:31pm11:52pmEvening
SaturnLeo1.03:30am9:17am3:03pmMorning
UranusOph5.76:58am2:14pm9:29pmHidden
NeptuneGem7.811:19pm4:11am8:58amMorning

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 3% 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 bright 83% Moon interferes badly this year.

The solar system — November 2067

Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare

Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 17 August 2026.