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• New moon november 11 2015 full#

Now some 4.8° apart, Neptune sits north-northwest of our satellite, which is quickly approaching Full.

You can catch the pair this evening after sunset as they hang in the southeast, sharing the eastern portion of Aquarius. The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune at 2 P.M. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. *Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. Its descent is mirrored in the east by the rising Winter Hexagon, drawn from the stars Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, Castor, Pollux, Capella, and Aldebaran. In addition to Orion’s Belt, see if you can find Cetus’ head, the W of Cassiopeia, the Circlet of Pisces, and even the Summer Triangle, now sinking in the West. Several of these constellations have famous asterisms, or unofficial star patterns, tucked within them.

New moon november 11 2015 full#

Orion, Taurus, and Gemini are on full display before midnight, as are Auriga, Perseus, Andromeda, and Pisces. If you’re up late tonight waiting for Leo to peek above the horizon, take some time to enjoy some of the many autumn constellations now gracing the evening sky. This region rises around local midnight and is highest closer to sunrise, making the few hours before dawn the best time to scan the skies for any stray streaks of light.

The Leonids’ radiant is located near 3rd-magnitude Adhafera in Leo the Lion. That means the next few days are instead your best bet for spotting any meteors associated with this weak shower, which is only expected to produce about 10 per hour above the sporadic background rate, even at its peak. The Leonid meteor shower is still several days from its peak on the 17th, but that date unfortunately coincides with a nearly Full Moon.