The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2137
Highlights this month
- 5TueSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A 57% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 7ThuThe Moon passes Mars — 0.6° apart. (12:38pm)
- 8FriMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (9:46am)
- 17SunLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 19% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 18MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 4° apart. (12:02am)
- 18MonMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (11:28pm)
- 28ThuMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (2:43am)
- 30SatNeptune in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (7:50am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 | 6:12am | 7:55pm | 13h 42m | 9:34pm | 4:34am |
| Sun 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 02m | 9:48pm | 4:21am |
| Wed 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 20m | 10:03pm | 4:08am |
| Sat 30 | 5:51am | 8:26pm | 14h 35m | 10:18pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterWed 6, 9:46am
- New MoonWed 13, 10:11pm
- First QuarterWed 20, 2:40pm
- Full MoonThu 28, 1:08am
Apogee 4 Nov (405,000 km) · Perigee 16 Nov (364,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Lib | 3.6 | 6:24am | 1:36pm | 8:46pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Lib | −3.8 | 5:51am | 12:48pm | 7:45pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Leo | 0.9 | 2:37am | 7:58am | 1:19pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Oph | −1.6 | 7:09am | 2:24pm | 9:40pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Sgr | 0.5 | 9:54am | 5:10pm | 12:30am | Evening |
| Uranus | Vir | 5.6 | 4:07am | 10:19am | 4:31pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Sco | 8.0 | 6:56am | 2:05pm | 9:14pm | Hidden |
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 57% 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 19% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2137
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 14 September 2026.