What’s Up in the Sky – November 2024
November’s Evening Planets: Bright Venus will be in Sagittarius the Archer until around 7 PM. Jupiter will be in Taurus the Bull all night during November. Saturn will be in be in Aquarius the Water-bearer. Red Mars will be in Cancer the Crab as of 10 PM and rising earlier every night until 8 PM by the end of November. Find Uranus in Taurus the Bull and Neptune in Pisces the Fish. Dwarf Pluto will be Sagittarius the Archer until around 7 PM.
November’s Evening Stars: Spot the Summer Triangle of Vega in Lyra the Harp, Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, and Altair in Aquila the Eagle until midnight at the beginning of the month and setting earlier every night. The Winter Triangle of Sirius (the brightest star viewed from Earth) in Canis Major the Great Dog, Betelgeuse in Orion the Hunter, and Procyon in Canis Minor the Small Dog will be visible as of midnight. See bright Capella in Auriga the Charioteer, Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull, and Fomalhaut. Also, seevg the stars of constellations Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, Draco, Pegasus, Aries, Taurus, Pisces, and Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the Big and Little Dippers).
November’s Morning Planets: Jupiter will be in Taurus the Bull and linger until the morning. Find Mars in Cancer the Crab until sunrise. Uranus will be in Taurus the Bull.
November’s Morning Stars: The Winter Triangle of Sirius, Betelgeuse, and Procyon will be up until Sunrise. Spot Capella in Auriga, Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull, Rigel in Orion, and the stars of Aries, Gemini, Orion, Pisces, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Draco, Cepheus, Perseus, Hydra, Leo, and Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the Big and Little Dippers).
November Skylights
- Nov 1 New Moon at 8:45 AM
- Nov 3 Moon is 2° south of Mercury, predawn
- Nov 3 Moon is 0.1° south of Antares, sunset
- Nov 9 First Quarter Moon at 12:55 AM
- Nov 10 Moon is 0.1° north of Saturn, sunset
- Nov 14 Moon at perigee (223,800 miles away)
- Nov 15 Full Moon at 4:30 PM
- Nov 17 Leonid Meteor Shower peaks – predawn
- Nov 21 Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn line up across the sky, 11 PM
- Nov 22 Last quarter moon at 8:30 PM
- Nov 25 Moon at apogee (251,800 miles away)
