November 2015 Sky
- Posted by OCastronomy
- On November 2, 2015
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- Beehive cluster, Full Moon, Jupiter, Leonid, Mars, meteor shower, Pleiades, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Taurid, Venus
November 2015 Sky
| 3 | Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 7h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 3 | Venus 0.7° SSW of Mars (46° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mags. -4.3 and +1.7. |
| 3 | Last Quarter Moon at 12:24 UT. |
| 5 | Moon near Regulus (72° from Sun, morning sky) at 3h UT. |
| 6 | Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. -1.8. |
| 7 | Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. +1.7. |
| 7 | Moon near Venus (46° from Sun, morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. -4.3. • Crescent Moon and Venus (APOD) |
| 7 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 22h UT (distance 405,721 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 9 | Moon near Spica (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. |
| 11 | New Moon at 17:47 UT. Start of lunation 1149. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. Meteors often appear slow moving (28 km/sec) with the occasional very bright fireball. • The Taurids (Gary Kronk) |
| 13 | Moon near Saturn (15° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. |
| 13 | Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 10h UT. |
| 17 | Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 15h UT. Occulted by the Sun. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky. |
| 18 | Leonid meteor shower peaks at 4h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors per hour under dark skies. Best viewed after midnight. • The Leonids (Gary Kronk) • Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO) • Leonids Over Monument Valley (APOD) |
| 19 | First Quarter Moon at 6:27 UT. |
| 23 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20h UT (362,817 km; angular size 32.9′). |
| 25 | Moon near the Pleiades (midnight sky) at 17h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 25 | Full Moon at 22:44 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 26 | Moon near Aldebaran (172° from Sun, midnight sky) at 10h UT. |
| 30 | Venus 4.2° NNE from Spica (43° from Sun, morning sky) at 0h UT. Mags. -4.2 and +1.0. |
| 30 | Moon near Beehive cluster (120° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) |
| November 2015 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT – 5 hours. | |
