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Night planner
Choose a date to see astronomical darkness, Moon interference, Galactic Centre visibility, and planet altitudes and times.
HIP 38755 lunar occultation2:46 am to 4:11 am; Moon at 46° altitude for the first listed contact.
HIP 38761 lunar occultation2:51 am to 4:18 am; Moon at 47° altitude for the first listed contact.
Uranus oppositionVisible for most of the night.
November highlights
Occultations
Jupiter lunar occultation
2:24 am to 3:08 am; Moon at 17° altitude for the first listed contact.
Planets
Saturn
Best monthly date at 80° altitude.
Minor planets
1 Ceres
71° altitude; magnitude 8.0.
Planetary events
Mercury greatest western elongation
Morning sky; 19.6° from the Sun.
Moon phases
67%
5%
29%
90%
80%
For faint deep-sky objects, observe when the Moon is below the horizon or weakly illuminated. For lunar relief, observe near the terminator; full Moon is best suited to ray systems and albedo features.
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Mercury
