Night sky in November 2026

In November 2026 Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are in the evening sky, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter in the morning, the Leonids peak around 17 November and the Moon is full on 24 November.

Times in UTC.

Moon phases

  1. Last QuarterSun 1 Nov · 20:28
  2. New MoonMon 9 Nov · 07:02
  3. First QuarterTue 17 Nov · 11:48
  4. Full MoonTue 24 Nov · 14:54

The darkest evenings for galaxies and nebulae are in the week around New Moon. Moon atlas →

Planets this month

PlanetWhere and whenConstellationBrightness
Mercury Morning sky before sunriseVirgomag -0.2
Venus Morning sky before sunriseVirgomag -4.8
Mars Morning sky before sunriseLeomag 0.7
Jupiter Morning sky before sunriseLeomag -2.1
Saturn Evening sky, up until after midnightCetusmag 0.5
Uranus Visible all night, highest around midnightTaurusmag 5.6
Neptune Evening sky, up until after midnightPiscesmag 7.8

Highlights

  1. Leonids meteor shower peak

    Up to about 15 meteors an hour under a dark sky, best before dawn. The Moon is 45% lit.

  2. Moon and Mars very close together

    1.0° apart, a nice sight in binoculars.

  3. Moon and Jupiter very close together

    0.5° apart, a nice sight in binoculars.

  4. Moon and Venus very close together

    1.0° apart, a nice sight in binoculars.

  5. Mars and Jupiter close together

    1.2° apart, a nice sight in binoculars.

  6. Mercury at greatest morning elongation

    20° from the Sun, best seen in the eastern sky before sunrise.

  7. Uranus at opposition

    Closest and brightest for the year; up all night, highest around midnight.

  8. Moon and Jupiter close together

    1.1° apart, a nice sight in binoculars.

Close pairings are measured from the centre of the Earth; whether you can see one depends on your location. The forecast shows the events visible from your place.

Deep-sky objects well placed in the evening

High in the sky around 22:00 local time in mid-November.

From the Northern Hemisphere

M31 · Andromeda GalaxySpiral Galaxy in AndromedaC14 · Double ClusterOpen Cluster in PerseusM45 · PleiadesOpen Cluster in TaurusM33 · Triangulum GalaxySpiral Galaxy in TriangulumC28 · NGC 752Open Cluster in AndromedaC10 · NGC 663Open Cluster in CassiopeiaC13 · Owl ClusterOpen Cluster in CassiopeiaM103 · NGC 581Open Cluster in Cassiopeia

From the Southern Hemisphere

C106 · 47 TucanaeGlobular Cluster in TucanaC104 · NGC 362Globular Cluster in TucanaC65 · Sculptor GalaxyGalaxy in SculptorC70 · NGC 300Galaxy in SculptorC56 · Skull NebulaPlanetary Nebula in CetusC51 · IC 1613Galaxy in Cetus