Monthly Observing Information
This page provides charts, and text concerning what is visible in the night sky during the month noted. All information is for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but they can still provide useful information for most other areas of the U.S.A. Sky charts, Saturn ring plane, and Venus phase images are for Midnight, on the 15th day of the month. Sky charts are 100 degree field of view, and show objects down to 12th magnitude. Times in the Astronomy Lab 2 text information are in 24 hour format and have been adjusted for Daylight Savings Time. Subtract 12 hours from those over 12 to get the equivalent PM. RA and DEC given are for Epoch 2000.
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November
Moon Calendar
Sky charts
Saturn’s Ring Plane
Venus Phase
Sun and Moon Rise and Set
Begin End Date Moonrise Moonset Sunrise Sunset Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 11/1/2018 00:57 14:45 07:20 18:17 05:58 19:39 11/2/2018 02:01 15:29 07:20 18:16 05:59 19:38 11/3/2018 03:06 16:08 07:21 18:15 05:59 19:37 11/4/2018 04:09 16:45 07:22 18:14 06:00 19:37 11/5/2018 04:11 16:22 06:22 17:14 05:01 18:36 11/6/2018 05:13 16:59 06:23 17:13 05:01 18:35 11/7/2018 06:13 17:38 06:24 17:13 05:02 18:34 11/8/2018 07:14 18:18 06:25 17:12 05:03 18:34 11/9/2018 08:12 19:01 06:25 17:11 05:03 18:33 11/10/2018 09:09 19:47 06:26 17:11 05:04 18:33 11/11/2018 10:02 20:35 06:27 17:10 05:05 18:32 11/12/2018 10:51 21:26 06:28 17:09 05:06 18:32 11/13/2018 11:37 22:18 06:29 17:09 05:06 18:31 11/14/2018 12:18 23:11 06:30 17:08 05:07 18:31 11/15/2018 12:56 ------ 06:30 17:08 05:08 18:31 11/16/2018 13:31 00:05 06:31 17:07 05:08 18:30 11/17/2018 14:05 00:59 06:32 17:07 05:09 18:30 11/18/2018 14:37 01:53 06:33 17:07 05:10 18:30 11/19/2018 15:11 02:49 06:34 17:06 05:11 18:29 11/20/2018 15:46 03:46 06:35 17:06 05:11 18:29 11/21/2018 16:23 04:45 06:36 17:05 05:12 18:29 11/22/2018 17:04 05:48 06:36 17:05 05:13 18:29 11/23/2018 17:51 06:52 06:37 17:05 05:14 18:29 11/24/2018 18:43 07:57 06:38 17:05 05:14 18:28 11/25/2018 19:42 09:01 06:39 17:04 05:15 18:28 11/26/2018 20:44 10:01 06:40 17:04 05:16 18:28 11/27/2018 21:49 10:56 06:41 17:04 05:16 18:28 11/28/2018 22:55 11:46 06:41 17:04 05:17 18:28 11/29/2018 23:59 12:30 06:42 17:04 05:18 18:28 11/30/2018 ------ 13:10 06:43 17:04 05:19 18:28 '------' means the event does not occur on this date. Object Right ascensio Declination Azimuth Altitude Earth distance Sun distance ------------ -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------------- --------------- Sun 15h 21m 39.0s -18° 28' 22" 12° 05' 51" -77° 46' 41" 0 0 Mercury 16h 46m 05.2s -24° 41' 27" 284° 57' 31" -72° 42' 19" 125,453,582 53,592,755 Venus 13h 31m 16.6s -11° 17' 24" 62° 13' 15" -56° 01' 41" 47,787,206 107,921,206 Mars 22h 09m 12.7s -13° 13' 12" 253° 58' 10" +01° 03' 18" 133,094,536 210,361,844 Jupiter 15h 58m 02.8s -19° 47' 46" 329° 57' 42" -77° 52' 17" 948,291,096 802,325,420 Saturn 18h 26m 55.7s -22° 44' 21" 270° 27' 13" -50° 28' 11" 1,609,355,100 1,505,269,404 Uranus 01h 51m 12.6s +10° 50' 14" 235° 32' 24" +59° 24' 34" 2,835,497,671 2,972,130,670 Neptune 23h 01m 32.3s -07° 18' 48" 251° 52' 31" +15° 03' 34" 4,423,944,488 4,478,867,036 Pluto 19h 23m 22.9s -22° 05' 11" 264° 38' 12" -38° 04' 55" 5,119,041,847 5,038,743,298 Moon 21h 23m 50.2s -17° 14' 52" 256° 01' 14" -10° 25' 25" 404,118 0 Object Rise: Tran Set: Phase Constl Magnitud ------------ ----- ----- ----- ------- --------- -------- Sun 06:31 11:49 17:08 0.00% Lib unknown Mercury 08:12 13:12 18:12 37.80% Oph 0.2 Venus 04:22 09:57 15:33 11.37% Vir -4.5 Mars 13:05 18:36 00:08 85.78% Aqr -0.3 Jupiter 07:10 12:24 17:37 99.98% Lib -1.7 Saturn 09:47 14:52 19:57 99.89% Sgr 0.6 Uranus 15:48 22:15 04:47 99.99% Ari 5.7 Neptune 13:42 19:26 01:14 99.98% Aqr 7.9 Pluto 10:40 15:47 20:54 99.99% Sgr 14.3 Moon 12:55 18:27 00:04 46.63% Cap unknown Moon Data --------- Distance (km): 404,117.9 Distance (miles): 251,107.8 True Equatorial: 21h 27m 07.0s -16° 49' 08" Angular diameter: 0° 29' 29" Total libration (l,b): 1° 09' 13" , 2° 14' 14" Optical libration: 1° 10' 24" , 2° 12' 33" Physical libration: 0° 01' 11" , 0° 01' 41" Position Angle: 19° 41' 29" Pos. angle (bright limb): 93° 52' 10" Phase angle: 19° 41' 29" Age: 7.58 Mars Data --------- Declination of earth: 22° 39' 54" Declination of Sun: 23° 47' 34" Longitude of the central Meridian:200° 22' 25" Pos. Angle: 350° 35' 34" Jupiter Data ----------------- Declination of earth: 2° 52' 49" Declination of Sun: 3° 00' 32" Longitude of the central Meridian:237° 11' 41" Pos. Angle: 11° 53' 50" Saturn Data --------- Declination of earth: 26° 17' 04" Declination of Sun: 25° 36' 30" Longitude of the central Meridian: 0° 00' 00" Pos. Angle: 5° 52' 12" Meteor Radiant Report Name Month/Day RA Decl Hourly Rate ----------------------------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ----------- Southern Taurids 11/03 3.4 13.6 7 Pegasids 11/12 22.3 21.0 5 Northern Taurids 11/13 3.9 22.3 7 Leonids 11/17 10.2 22.2 15 Andromedids 11/27 1.7 44.0 100
Information and images in this section from TheSkyX Student Edition
Solar System Information
Planet View Info Report for 11/ 1/2018 to 11/30/2018
Mercury
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 8:13 18:23 15h53m06s -22°54'02" 22°37'48" 0.737 1.12127
11/ 8/2018 8:21 18:22 16h25m42s -24°29'22" 23°15'53" 0.601 0.99118
11/15/2018 8:12 18:12 16h45m45s -24°42'40" 20°44'35" 0.387 0.84385
11/22/2018 7:30 17:39 16h39m06s -23°00'37" 11°51'18" 0.110 0.71440
11/29/2018 6:17 16:46 16h04m27s -19°20'09" 4°04'53" 0.013 0.68455
Venus
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 5:41 16:27 13h43m43s -16°14'10" 10°01'13" 0.014 0.27511
11/ 8/2018 4:57 15:57 13h33m59s -13°28'15" 19°07'44" 0.053 0.29093
11/15/2018 4:22 15:33 13h31m12s -11°20'38" 27°19'49" 0.112 0.31829
11/22/2018 3:57 15:13 13h35m36s -10°08'00" 33°46'52" 0.176 0.35446
11/29/2018 3:40 14:57 13h46m12s -9°49'30" 38°32'48" 0.240 0.39691
Mars
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 13:37 0:23 21h37m17s -16°37'05" 102°38'46" 0.860 0.78805
11/ 8/2018 13:21 0:15 21h52m46s -14°59'37" 99°41'24" 0.858 0.83716
11/15/2018 13:05 0:08 22h08m40s -13°16'43" 96°51'43" 0.858 0.88785
11/22/2018 12:49 0:01 22h24m50s -11°29'03" 94°08'17" 0.858 0.93996
11/29/2018 12:33 23:53 22h41m13s -9°37'23" 91°29'29" 0.859 0.99343
Jupiter
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 7:51 18:22 15h45m08s -19°06'53" 19°52'12" 0.999 6.28976
11/ 8/2018 7:31 17:59 15h51m25s -19°27'19" 14°22'51" 0.999 6.31914
11/15/2018 7:11 17:37 15h57m50s -19°47'06" 8°53'39" 1.000 6.33819
11/22/2018 6:51 17:15 16h04m19s -20°06'05" 3°25'53" 1.000 6.34673
11/29/2018 6:30 16:54 16h10m51s -20°24'09" 2°14'43" 1.000 6.34472
Saturn
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 10:37 20:47 18h21m10s -22°45'44" 56°22'18" 0.998 10.59694
11/ 8/2018 10:12 20:22 18h23m46s -22°45'09" 49°57'18" 0.999 10.68986
11/15/2018 9:47 19:57 18h26m34s -22°44'13" 43°33'53" 0.999 10.77438
11/22/2018 9:22 19:33 18h29m35s -22°42'55" 37°11'58" 0.999 10.84946
11/29/2018 8:58 19:09 18h32m44s -22°41'15" 30°51'11" 0.999 10.91429
Uranus
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 16:44 5:44 1h53m19s 11°01'35" 171°41'31" 1.000 18.88813
11/ 8/2018 16:16 5:15 1h52m15s 10°55'49" 164°24'25" 1.000 18.91386
11/15/2018 15:48 4:47 1h51m14s 10°50'20" 157°06'19" 1.000 18.95424
11/22/2018 15:19 4:18 1h50m18s 10°45'15" 149°48'07" 1.000 19.00858
11/29/2018 14:51 3:49 1h49m26s 10°40'41" 142°30'10" 1.000 19.07597
Neptune
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 14:37 2:10 23h02m04s -7°15'50" 125°20'29" 1.000 29.35481
11/ 8/2018 14:09 1:42 23h01m46s -7°17'32" 118°14'56" 1.000 29.45811
11/15/2018 13:42 1:14 23h01m34s -7°18'37" 111°09'28" 1.000 29.56845
11/22/2018 13:14 0:47 23h01m28s -7°19'04" 104°04'29" 1.000 29.68408
11/29/2018 12:46 0:19 23h01m28s -7°18'52" 97°00'00" 1.000 29.80327
Pluto
Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU)
11/ 1/2018 11:36 21:49 19h22m15s -22°06'02" 70°28'55" 1.000 33.99128
11/ 8/2018 11:09 21:22 19h22m46s -22°05'41" 63°35'04" 1.000 34.10632
11/15/2018 10:42 20:55 19h23m22s -22°05'09" 56°41'03" 1.000 34.21493
11/22/2018 10:15 20:29 19h24m03s -22°04'26" 49°47'04" 1.000 34.31558
11/29/2018 9:48 20:02 19h24m49s -22°03'32" 42°53'02" 1.000 34.40696
Planet Apsides Report for 2018
Mercury
11/29/2018 Perihelion Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU
Planet Conjunction/Opposition Report for 11/ 1/2018 to 11/30/2018
Mercury
Date Hour Event
11/27/2018 3 Inferior Conjunction
Jupiter
Date Hour Event
11/26/2018 0 Conjunction
Planet Data Report
Planet Mean Dist Period of Inclination Equatorial
From Sun Revolution Diameter
(AU) (km)
Mercury 0.39 88 days 7° 4880
Venus 0.72 224.7 days 3.4° 12100
Earth 1.00 365.24 days 0° 12756
Mars 1.52 687 days 1.9° 6794
Jupiter 5.20 11.86 years 1.3° 143200
Saturn 9.54 29.46 years 2.5° 120000
Uranus 19.18 84 years 0.8° 52290
Neptune 30.06 165 years 1.8° 50450
Pluto 39.44 248 years 17.2° 2200-2300
Moon Apsides Report for 11/ 1/2018 to 11/30/2018
Date Hour Apsis Distance (km) Diameter
11/14/2018 10 Apogee 404345 0.4925°
11/26/2018 6 Perigee 366606 0.5432°
Moon Nodes Report for 11/ 1/2018 to 11/30/2018
Date Time Node Illuminated Fraction
11/13/2018 8:03 Descending 0.29
11/26/2018 23:17 Ascending 0.82
Meteor Showers Report for 11/ 1/2018 to 11/30/2018
Date Meteor Shower ZHR RA DEC Illum. Frac. Longitude
11/ 3/2018 Taurids 8 3h44m 14° 0.18 221°
11/17/2018 Leonids 10 10h08m 22° 0.70 235°
Twilight Report for 11/ 1/2018 to 11/30/2018
Date Sun Astronomical Nautical Civil
Rise Set Begin End Begin End Begin End
11/ 1/2018 6:19 17:17 4:54 18:42 5:22 18:14 5:51 17:46
11/ 8/2018 6:25 17:12 4:59 18:38 5:27 18:10 5:56 17:41
11/15/2018 6:31 17:08 5:04 18:35 5:32 18:06 6:01 17:37
11/22/2018 6:37 17:05 5:09 18:33 5:37 18:04 6:07 17:35
11/29/2018 6:42 17:04 5:14 18:32 5:43 18:03 6:12 17:34
Information for this section is from Astronomy Lab 2.03
Last updated on Thursday, November 1, 2018, 01:15 PM.