November 2020 Sky
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- On November 1, 2020
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- Aldebaran, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, Leonid meteor shower, Mars, Mercury, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Venus
November 2020 Sky
| 2 | Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (morning sky). |
| 3 | Moon near Aldebaran at 6h UT (morning sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 6 | Moon near Castor at 15h UT (morning sky). |
| 6 | Moon near Pollux at 20h UT (morning sky). |
| 7 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 22h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 8 | Last Quarter Moon at 13:46 UT. |
| 9 | Moon near Regulus at 14h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 10 | Mercury at greatest elongation west (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag. −0.5. |
| 13 | Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −4.0. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon near Spica at 8h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon near Mercury at 23h UT (19° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.7. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 14 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11:49 UT (distance 357,837 km; angular size 33.4′). |
| 15 | New Moon at 5:08 UT. Start of lunation 1211. |
| 16 | Venus 3.8° NNE of Spica (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mags. −4.0 and 1.0. |
| 17 | Leonid meteor shower peaks at 11h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10−15 meteors per hour under dark skies. |
| 19 | Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. −2.1. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.6. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 22 | First Quarter Moon at 4:45 UT. |
| 26 | Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −1.5. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,894 km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 29 | Moon near the Pleiades at 19h UT (midnight sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 30 | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse from 7:32 to 11:53 UT, mid-eclipse at 9:43 UT. Best seen at mid-eclipse. Visible worldwide except Africa, Europe, and far western Asia. • NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA) • Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2020 November 30 (PDF) (NASA) |
| 30 | Full Moon at 9:31 UT. |
| 30 | Moon near Aldebaran at 12h UT (midnight sky). |
| November 2020 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
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