Whats happening in the night sky this month? November 2025

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What’s happening in the Sky – November 2025

Date	Astronomy visual observing	Astrophotography
1/11	The Moon rising or waxing gibbous near Saturn is a nice sight south-west after dark. (Mag+0.4 Saturn 5.7 degrees from moon)  Mercury low in south-west skies.
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4	Calisto's shadow transits Jupiter from 0701 to 1036. Jupiter rises 2055 - 2225
5	Full ‘Beaver’ Moon / “Supermoon”
6	6-10 Nov Early evening: check for the Pleiades cluster in Taurus (just above right of a low Moon maybe) and larger star fields; morning twilight: Venus rising low. Also - transit of Titan across Saturn 2033 - 0233 on 7/11
7	Ganymede eclipsed by Jupiter's shadow 0400
8		Comet 24p/Schaumasse crosses M44 Beehive cluster - capture with big apertures/bigger imaging rigs
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10	71% waxing gibbous moon close to Jupiter 0600 as awn twilight brightens - both less that 4 degrees apart
11	Meteor showers: Taurids peaking. 60% moon near M44 Beehive Cluster. Saturn's tilt less than 0.5 degree - appearing virtually edge on till 8/12
12	With the last ¼ Moon waning and dark skies improving: Meteor activity (Taurids) may be seen after midnight.	go for faint constellations, try spotting the Milky Way band rising in north-east dark skies.
13		As moon subsides – good DSO’s for next twelve days include M45 Pleiades. M42 Orion,  M27 Dumbell nebula,
14	Titan occulted by Saturn 1848; reappearing 0035 on 15/11. Moon enters glancing partial eclipse by Saturn's shadow at 0125	Double Cluster (NGC 869 & 884) in Perseus – use narrowband filter; M33 Triangulum Galaxy
15	Saturn’s tilt apparent and it will continue reducing its tilt towards December
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17	Leonids peaking. Radiant located in head of Leo the Lion, marked by sickle part of asterism. meteors around 15 per hour
18	Peak Leonids meteor shower around 17-18—best after midnight, look away from the Moon and horizon.	Dark skies good for deep sky for the next part of the month.Target the fainter DSO’s
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20	Venus low in morning twilight; Saturn in evening; other planets may be visible with binoculars. New moon	Good 135mm targets for nights either side of new moon – IC1805 Heart nebula; NGC 1499 California Nebula;  NGC 13333 Molecular cloud reflection nebula (try long broadband filtered exposures)
21	21-25 Nov The evening sky centres on the richer winter constellations: Orion, Taurus, Gemini rising. Use binoculars/telescope to scan for clusters and nebulae. Uranus at opposition. Jupiter - 0105 - 0450 double shadow transit by Io and Callista's shadows
22	Titan transits Saturn 1852 - 0110 on 23/11
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25	Shadow of Ganymede transits Jupiter 0208 – 0525. Actual moon transit between 0609 - 0929
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28	1st ¼ moon
29	Saturn sits 28 Degrees s of 65% lit waxing gibbous moon
30	Titan occulted by Saturn 1722 - 2308