The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2088
Highlights this month
- 4ThuMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (12:21am)
- 5FriSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A 56% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 12FriUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:46pm)
- 15MonSaturn at opposition — closest and brightest of the year, up all night in Taurus (mag −0.4). (5:25pm)
- 17WedLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 24WedNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (10:33pm)
- 28SunThe Moon passes Saturn — 0.2° apart. (2:04am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:11am | 7:56pm | 13h 44m | 9:35pm | 4:33am |
| Wed 10 | 6:02am | 8:06pm | 14h 03m | 9:49pm | 4:19am |
| Sat 20 | 5:55am | 8:17pm | 14h 22m | 10:05pm | 4:07am |
| Tue 30 | 5:50am | 8:27pm | 14h 37m | 10:19pm | 3:58am |
Days lengthen by about 52 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterSat 6, 6:21am
- New MoonSat 13, 5:37pm
- First QuarterSun 21, 10:11pm
- Full MoonMon 29, 1:23am
Perigee 2 Nov (363,900 km) · Apogee 18 Nov (405,700 km) · Perigee 30 Nov (359,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | −0.8 | 6:17am | 1:32pm | 8:47pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sgr | −4.1 | 8:40am | 4:13pm | 11:47pm | Evening |
| Mars | Cnc | 0.3 | 1:49am | 6:52am | 11:54am | Morning |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 5:09am | 11:50am | 6:31pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.4 | 7:57pm | 1:10am | 6:18am | All night |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.9 | 1:26pm | 8:03pm | 2:43am | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 2:06am | 7:22am | 12:39pm | 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 56% 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 thin 14% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2088
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 28 August 2026.