The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2158
Highlights this month
- 5SunSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A bright 98% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 7TueMercury is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:50am)
- 14TueMercury at greatest morning elongation (19° from the Sun, mag −0.6) — best morning apparition. (7:39pm)
- 17FriLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 6:13am | 7:55pm | 13h 42m | 9:34pm | 4:34am |
| Fri 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 01m | 9:48pm | 4:21am |
| Mon 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 20m | 10:03pm | 4:08am |
| Thu 30 | 5:51am | 8:26pm | 14h 35m | 10:18pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- Full Moon SupermoonMon 6, 9:20pm
- Last QuarterMon 13, 12:55pm
- New MoonTue 21, 10:56am
- First QuarterWed 29, 2:04pm
Perigee 7 Nov (357,700 km) · Apogee 22 Nov (406,200 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Vir | −0.6 | 5:16am | 11:52am | 6:29pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Oph | −3.7 | 6:53am | 2:11pm | 9:30pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.7 | 4:08am | 10:18am | 4:27pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Vir | −1.5 | 4:03am | 10:11am | 4:19pm | Hidden |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.7 | 4:49am | 11:13am | 5:37pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Sgr | 5.8 | 9:01am | 4:23pm | 11:45pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Sgr | 7.9 | 10:02am | 5:15pm | 12:32am | 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 bright 98% 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 13% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2158
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 30 September 2026.