West Coast Astro LogoWest Coast Astro

NOVEMBER 2025 (Northern Hemisphere)

2Venus 3.5° NNE of Spica at 8h UT (16° from Sun, morning sky). Mag −3.9.
2Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.9.
5Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Sept 23 to Dec 8. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke.
• Taurids (Wikipedia)
• Southern Taurids (American Meteor Society)
• 2025 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization)
5Full Moon at 13:19 UT. Supermoon.
5Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:40 UT (distance 356,833km; angular size 33.5′).
6Mercury at southernmost declination (−25.0°) at 11h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.1.
6Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (morning sky).
8Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) at perihelion. Mag. 4.6.
• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) (Wikipedia)
• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) (Orbit & Observations)
8Moon near M35 Cluster at 20h UT (morning sky).
9Mercury 3.9° NW of Antares at 5h UT (24° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 0.4 and 1.0.
10Moon near Castor at 2h UT (morning sky).
10Moon near Pollux at 7h UT (morning sky).
10Moon near Jupiter at 10h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.4.
11Moon near Beehive Cluster (M44) at 8h UT (morning sky).
12Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Oct 13 to Dec 2. Occasional bright fireball.
• Taurids (Wikipedia)
• Northern Taurids (American Meteor Society)
• 2025 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization)
12Last Quarter Moon at 5:28 UT.
13Moon near Regulus at 1h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Russia, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and north-eastern Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
13Mercury 1.2° SSW of Mars at 4h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.3 and 1.4.
17Leonid meteor shower peaks. Arises from debris ejected by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. Produces very fast meteors (70 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors/hour under dark skies.
17Moon near Spica at 11h UT (morning sky).
18Mars 4.0° N of Antares at 15h UT (14° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.4 and 1.0.
19Moon near Venus at 5h UT (12° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −3.9.
20Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 406,691km; angular size 29.4′).
20New Moon at 6:47 UT. Start of lunation 1273.
20Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 9h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky.
21Moon near Antares at 8h UT (12° from Sun, evening sky).
21Uranus at opposition at 12h UT. Mag. 5.6.
28First Quarter Moon at 6:59 UT.
29Moon near Saturn at 17h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.1.

All times Universal Time (UT).

  • US Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
  • US Pacific Standard Time = UT − 8 hours.
  • Australian Eastern Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
  • Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.

More sky events and links at http://Skymaps.com/skycalendar/

Visit my YouTube Page for captures of many of the Night Sky events for each month.