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1
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First Quarter Moon at 4:25 UT.
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3
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Moon near Mars at 11h UT (evening sky). Mars mag. 1.1.
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5
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Taurid (south) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball.
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9
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Full Moon at 1:13 UT. The full Moon of November is called the "Frosty Moon" in old almanacs.
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9
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Total Lunar Eclipse begins at 1:06 UT and ends at 1:31 UT. Partial phases begin at 23:32 UT (Nov. 8) and end at 3:04 UT. During totality the Moon will be red-orange in color (the Earth's shadow). Favors skywatchers in Europe and Africa. In the Americas the event occurs on the evening of November 8.
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10
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Moon near the Pleiades at 6h UT (morning sky).
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10
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Moon at apogee (furthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 406,301 km; angular size 29.4').
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12
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Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball.
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13
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Leonid meteor shower peak at 17:17 UT. The first of two predicted peaks this year (see below).
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13
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Moon near Saturn at 20h UT (morning sky).
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15
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Moon near the Beehive cluster (M44) at 20h UT (morning sky). Binoculars provide excellent view.
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17
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Last Quarter Moon at 4:15 UT.
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18
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Moon near Jupiter at 19h UT (morning sky).
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19
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Leonid meteor shower peak at 7:28 UT. Arising from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. The more impressive of two shower peaks this year. Lasts only an hour or two. Expect about a meteor a minute.
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23
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New Moon at 22:59 UT. Beginning of lunation 1001.
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23
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Total Solar Eclipse visible from parts of Antarctica. Partial phases visible from Australia, New Zealand.
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23
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23h UT (distance 356,812 km; angular size 33.5').
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25
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Moon very close to Mercury at 3h UT (17° from Sun, evening sky).
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25
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Moon close to Venus at 18h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky).
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30
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First Quarter Moon at 17:16 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). (USA Eastern Standard Time = UT 5 hours)
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