Monthly Sky

November & December 2009

 

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Current Lunar Phase:

 

 

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Daily Events:

November

 

2 Nov	02h	Venus 4° N of Spica
6 Nov	20h	Double shadow transit on Jupiter (Io, Ganymede)
9 Nov	15:56	Last-quarter Moon
9 Nov	06h	Mars 3° N of Moon
13 Nov	01h	Saturn 8° N of Moon
16 Nov	19:14	New Moon
17 Nov	—	Leonid meteor shower (Nov 17/18)
18 Nov	—	Pleiades (M45) on meridian at midnight
23 Nov	22h	Jupiter 4° S of Moon
23 Nov	24h	Vesta (mag. 7.8) 20' N of 37 Leonis (mag. 5.7)
24 Nov	21:39	First-quarter Moon
24 Nov	06h	Neptune 3° S of Moon
26 Nov	18h	Uranus 6° S of Moon

December

 

2 Dec	7:30	Full Moon
7 Dec	03h	Mars 6° N of Moon
9 Dec	0:13	Last-quarter Moon
10 Dec	11h	Saturn 8° N of Moon
12 Dec	01h	Vesta (mag. 7.5) 30' S of 46 Leonis (mag. 5.7)
13 Dec	—	Geminid meteor shower (Dec 13/14)
15 Dec	—	Orion Nebula (M42) on meridian at midnight
16 Dec	12:02	New Moon
18 Dec	08h	Mercury 1.4° S of Moon
18 Dec	17h	Mercury at greatest elongation (20° east of Sun)
20 Dec	05h	Jupiter 0.6° S of Neptune
21 Dec	17:47	December solstice
21 Dec	—	Epsilon Aurigae total eclipse begins
21 Dec	15h	Jupiter 4° S of Moon
21 Dec	15h	Neptune 4° S of Moon
24 Dec	17:36	First-quarter Moon
24 Dec	02h	Uranus 6° S of Moon
31 Dec	19:13	Full Moon (2nd one in the same month, a blue moon)
31 Dec	19h–20h	Partial lunar eclipse