The Sky This Month

Astronomy This Month — November 2026

01 Nov – Daylight Saving Time ends
01 Nov – Last Quarter Moon
02 Nov – Europa partially eclipses Io (05:25EST)
02 Nov – Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Regulus form 12° grouping in eastern dawn sky
02 Nov – transit of exoplanet HAT-P-32b (23:52 – 02:59EST)
03 Nov – gegenschein visible around midnight from very dark sites for next 10 days
04 Nov – Europa partial eclipse by Ganymede (04:00EST)
05 Nov – S. Taurid meteor shower peaks
07 Nov – earthlit Moon, Venus and Spica form compact group very low in ESE during morning twilight
07 Nov – zodiacal light visible before morning twilight in eastern sky for next 2 weeks
08 Nov – Callisto, Io, and Io’s shadow all on Jupiter’s disk (03:00EST)
09 Nov – New Moon (02:02EST)
11 Nov – N. Taurid meteor shower peaks
13 Nov – transit of exoplanet HAT-P-32b (17:52 – 20:59EST)
14 Nov – Ganymede partially occulted by Europa (02:51EST)
15 Nov – transit of exoplanet TOI-3693b (18:25 – 21:58EST)
15 Nov – transit of exoplanet HAT-P-32b (21:28 – 00:35EST)
16 Nov – Callisto partially eclipsed by Io (02:46EST)
16 Nov – Mars and Jupiter 1.2° apart, in ESE predawn sky 16 Nov – Leonid meteor shower peaks – best after midnight
17 Nov – transit of exoplanet HAT-P-32b (01:04 – 04:12EST)
17 Nov – First Quarter Moon
20 Nov – Mercury (mag -0.5) at greatest elongation west low in ESE before sunrise
20 Nov – transit of exoplanet HD189733b (19:41 – 21:30EST)
24 Nov – transit of exoplanet TOI-3693b (20:33 – 00:06EST)
24 Nov – Europa, Io and Io’s shadow on Jupiter’s disk (01:07EST)
24 Nov – Full Moon (09:54EST)
25 Nov – Europa partially eclipsed by Callisto (04:22EST)
25 Nov – Uranus (mag 5.6) at opposition – visible naked eye?
28 Nov – transit of exoplanet HAT-P-32b (19:05 – 22:12EST)
29 Nov – Venus at greatest illuminated extent
30 Nov – Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Regulus in compact 6° grouping, rising after midnight
30 Nov – transit of exoplanet HAT-P-32b (22:41 – 01:48EST)

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