The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2151
Highlights this month
- 1MonThe Moon passes Saturn — 5° apart. (2:39am)
- 5FriSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 5FriMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (9:55pm)
- 8MonSaturn is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (4:49am)
- 14SunMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:16pm)
- 15MonThe Moon passes Jupiter — 5° apart. (8:43pm)
- 17WedLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A 59% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 22MonMercury at greatest morning elongation (20° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best morning apparition. (5:06am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:13am | 7:54pm | 13h 42m | 9:33pm | 4:34am |
| Wed 10 | 6:03am | 8:04pm | 14h 01m | 9:47pm | 4:21am |
| Sat 20 | 5:55am | 8:15pm | 14h 20m | 10:03pm | 4:08am |
| Tue 30 | 5:51am | 8:26pm | 14h 35m | 10:18pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterTue 2, 2:16am
- New MoonMon 8, 10:44pm
- First QuarterTue 16, 6:31pm
- Full MoonWed 24, 1:03pm
Perigee 3 Nov (369,200 km) · Apogee 16 Nov (404,700 km) · Perigee 29 Nov (368,500 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Vir | 0.2 | 5:22am | 12:01pm | 6:39pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 4:22am | 10:37am | 4:52pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Sco | 1.4 | 6:44am | 2:00pm | 9:17pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.0 | 11:30am | 6:33pm | 1:40am | Evening |
| Saturn | Gem | −0.1 | 12:44am | 5:37am | 10:30am | Morning |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.7 | 7:03am | 2:20pm | 9:36pm | Hidden |
| Neptune | Sgr | 8.0 | 8:55am | 4:13pm | 11:30pm | Evening |
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 13% 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 59% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
The solar system — November 2151
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 24 September 2026.