The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2090
Highlights this month
- 5SunSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A bright 96% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 10FriThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (10:04pm)
- 13MonMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best evening apparition. (7:16am)
- 16ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 3° apart. (2:41am)
- 17FriLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 21TueUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (9:57am)
- 23ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (11:07am)
- 29WedNeptune is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:09pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 6:12am | 7:55pm | 13h 43m | 9:35pm | 4:33am |
| Fri 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 02m | 9:48pm | 4:20am |
| Mon 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 21m | 10:04pm | 4:08am |
| Thu 30 | 5:51am | 8:27pm | 14h 36m | 10:19pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full MoonTue 7, 8:12pm
- Last QuarterWed 15, 7:04am
- New MoonTue 21, 11:48pm
- First QuarterWed 29, 10:46am
Apogee 3 Nov (405,700 km) · Perigee 19 Nov (364,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.2 | 7:07am | 2:38pm | 10:09pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −4.7 | 4:06am | 10:22am | 4:38pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 1.0 | 2:43am | 8:07am | 1:32pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −1.6 | 7:49am | 3:09pm | 10:30pm | Evening |
| Saturn | Tau | −0.4 | 10:24pm | 3:17am | 8:06am | Morning |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 2:08pm | 8:35pm | 3:05am | Evening |
| Neptune | Leo | 7.9 | 2:20am | 7:41am | 1:03pm | 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 96% 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 24% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2090
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 29 August 2026.