A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for November 2013:
Phenomena November
Day | Event |
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1 | Venus mag -4.5 is at greatest elongation east 47 degrees (8 UT) |
1 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (20 UT) |
2 | Moon passes 0.8 degrees north of Spica (mag +1.0). Occultation is visible from central and northern Europe (7 UT) |
3 | New Moon (12:50 UT). Hybrid solar eclipse, mostly total (Atlantic Ocean and central Africa) |
5 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (11 UT) |
6 | Moon is at perigee 365,361 km or 227,024 miles from Earth (9:14 UT) |
6 | Saturn is in conjunction with the Sun (12 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Venus mag -4.6 (1 UT) |
7 | Jupiter mag -2.4 is stationary in Gemini (7 UT) |
9 | Asteroid (354) Eleonora mag +10.5 is at opposition in Eridanus |
10 | First quarter Moon (5:58 UT) |
10 | Mercury is stationary (14 UT) |
11 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (11 UT) |
12 | Northern Taurids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 5 |
13 | Neptune mag +7.9 is stationary in Aquarius (22 UT) |
14 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.8 (3 UT) |
16 | Asteroid (216) Kleopatra mag +9.5 is at opposition in Taurus |
17 | Leonids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 15 |
17 | Full Moon (15:16 UT) |
18 | Mercury mag -0.6 is at greatest elongation west 19 degrees (3 UT) |
18 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (20 UT) |
21 | Comet 2P/Encke reaches perihelion 0.33625 AU (approx. 50.30 million kilometres or 31.26 million miles) from the Sun |
22 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.5 (5 UT) |
22 | Moon is at apogee 404,446 km or 251,351 miles from Earth (9:43 UT) |
25 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (16 UT) |
25 | Last quarter Moon (19:28 UT) |
26 | Mercury mag. -0.7 passes 0.3 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.7 (4 UT) |
27 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mars mag +1.3 (16 UT) |
28 | Comet 2012 S1 (ISON) reaches perihelion 0.01249 AU (1.87 million kilometres or 1.16 million miles) from the Sun |
29 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0, occultation is visible from North America, Mexico and northern Caribbean (17 UT) |
30 | Asteroid (17) Thetis mag +11.6 is at opposition in Taurus |