The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2175
Highlights this month
- 5SunSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A 52% Moon washes out fainter meteors for part of the night.
- 10FriNeptune is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:20am)
- 17FriLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A thin 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 21TueThe Moon passes Jupiter — 3° apart. (12:59am)
- 23ThuMercury at greatest evening elongation (22° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best evening apparition. (11:07am)
- 27MonUranus is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (4:07am)
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 | 8:04pm | 14h 01m | 9:47pm | 4:21am |
| Mon 20 | 5:55am | 8:15pm | 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
- Last QuarterSun 5, 9:56pm
- New MoonTue 14, 12:57am
- First QuarterTue 21, 10:43pm
- Full Moon SupermoonTue 28, 1:54pm
Apogee 12 Nov (406,200 km) · Perigee 27 Nov (358,300 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.4 | 7:00am | 2:30pm | 10:00pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Vir | −3.9 | 4:26am | 10:42am | 4:59pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Vir | 1.8 | 4:27am | 10:47am | 5:07pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Cap | −2.1 | 12:13pm | 7:08pm | 2:06am | Evening |
| Saturn | Ari | −0.1 | 6:31pm | 11:59pm | 5:30am | All night |
| Uranus | Aqr | 5.8 | 2:36pm | 8:56pm | 3:20am | Evening |
| Neptune | Aqr | 7.9 | 1:04pm | 7:46pm | 2:32am | 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 52% 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 12% Moon leaves the sky dark.
The solar system — November 2175
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 9 October 2026.