A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for November 2015:
Phenomena November
Day | Event |
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2 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (8 UT) |
3 | Last quarter Moon (12:24 UT) |
3 | Venus mag -4.4 passes 0.7 degrees south of Mars mag +1.7 (16 UT) |
5 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (5 UT) |
5 | Southern Taurids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 5 |
6 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Jupiter mag -1.8 (16 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Mars mag +1.7 (10 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 1.2 degrees south of Venus mag -4.4 (14 UT) |
7 | Moon is at apogee 405,722 km or 252,104 miles from Earth (21:58 UT) |
7 | Asteroid (39) Laetitia mag +9.5 is at opposition in Cetus |
9 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (13 UT) |
11 | New Moon (17:48 UT) |
12 | Northern Taurids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 5 |
13 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (1 UT) |
13 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (8 UT) |
14 | Comet 10P/Tempel reaches perihelion |
15 | Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) reaches perihelion |
17 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (15 UT) |
17 | Vesta mag +7.2 is stationary in Cetus, afterwards resumes direct motion (16 UT) |
18 | Leonids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 15 |
18 | Neptune mag +7.9 is stationary in Aquarius, afterwards resumes direct motion (21 UT) |
19 | First quarter Moon (6:28 UT) |
20 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (2 UT) |
20 | Mars at aphelion 1.666 AU (approx. 249.2 million kilometres or 154.9 million miles) from the Sun |
20 | Asteroid (192) Nausikaa mag +9.0 is at opposition in Perseus |
20 | NEO Asteroid 2005 UL5 mag +14.4 approaches Earth to within 2.29 million kilometres or 1.42 million miles |
22 | Moon passes 0.9 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.7, occultation is visible from South Indian Ocean (18:41 UT) |
23 | Moon is at perigee 362,818 km or 225,445 miles from Earth (20:14 UT) |
25 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million kilometres or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (18 UT) |
25 | Full Moon (22:45 UT) |
26 | Moon passes 0.7 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from North USA, Canada, Japan and East Russia (9:56 UT) |
28 | Venus mag -4.3 passes 4 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (16 UT) |
29 | Venus is at perihelion 0.718 AU (approx. 107 million kilometres or 66.7 million miles) from the Sun (9 UT) |
29 | Moon passes 11 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (16 UT) |
30 | Saturn is in conjunction with the Sun (12 UT) |