Open interactive sky chart →Show static monthly chartNorth is at the top; east is at the left. Solar System objects shown are above the horizon at 10 pm.
Night planner
Choose a date to see astronomical darkness, Moon interference, Galactic Centre visibility, and planet altitudes and times.
HIP 37434 lunar occultation1:21 am to 2:32 am; Moon at 17° altitude for the first listed contact.
2 Pallas82° altitude; magnitude 8.6.
Uranus oppositionVisible for most of the night.
November highlights
Occultations
Jupiter lunar occultation
9:57 am to 10:20 am; Moon at 28° altitude for the first listed contact.
Minor planets
4 Vesta
67° altitude; magnitude 6.8.
Planetary events
Mercury greatest western elongation
Morning sky; 19.6° from the Sun.
Planets
Jupiter
Best monthly date at 46° altitude.
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
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
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