The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2156
Highlights this month
- 5FriThe Moon passes Jupiter — 4° apart. (5:36am)
- 5FriSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A 48% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 9TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.2) — best evening apparition. (7:21pm)
- 17WedLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 20SatMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (6:36am)
- 26FriMars and Saturn in conjunction — 0.5° apart. (3:41am)
- 30TueJupiter is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (3:57am)
- 30TueMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (10:32am)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 | 6:12am | 7:55pm | 13h 43m | 9:34pm | 4:33am |
| Wed 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 02m | 9:48pm | 4:20am |
| Sat 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 21m | 10:04pm | 4:08am |
| Tue 30 | 5:50am | 8:26pm | 14h 36m | 10:19pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Last QuarterFri 5, 12:31pm
- New MoonSat 13, 3:27pm
- First QuarterSat 20, 8:27pm
- Full MoonSat 27, 3:54pm
Apogee 7 Nov (405,100 km) · Perigee 23 Nov (368,100 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.1 | 7:05am | 2:35pm | 10:05pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.7 | 5:05am | 11:41am | 6:19pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.5 | 3:36am | 9:28am | 3:21pm | Morning |
| Jupiter | Cnc | −2.0 | 1:40am | 6:45am | 11:51am | Morning |
| Saturn | Vir | 1.0 | 3:51am | 9:48am | 3:45pm | Morning |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 8:23am | 3:46pm | 11:09pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 9:40am | 4:55pm | 12:14am | 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 48% 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 18% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2156
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 September 2026.