Astronomical phenomena 2023
night sky November 2023 is a gold mine for Celestial enthusiasts the night sky is bustling with astronomical events from planets in opposition to meteor showers there's a lot to witness this guide unfolds November's Cosmic drama your journey through the Stars begins now November 3rd Jupiter at opposition Jupiter reaches opposition on the evening of November 3rd and morning of November 4th Jupiter will be visible to the uned eye as a brilliant white star an opposition occurs when a planet is directly opposite the Sun as viewed from the Earth from a casual observer's Viewpoint this means that Jupiter will rise as the sun sets on Friday November 3rd and sets as the sun rises on Saturday November 4th Jupiter will be at its closest to the earth on this day date of event November 3rd 2023 distance to Earth approximately 365 million mil 587 million km visibility visible all night from Sunset to Sunrise best viewing time around midnight when Jupiter is highest in the sky November 9th lunar occultation of Venus the month of November continues to Astound with a rare and mesmerizing event on its night sky the lunar occultation of Venus this occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and Venus momentarily obscuring the bright planet from our view lunar occultation is a cosmic game of hide and seek where the moon hides a star or a planet from view this event provides a unique opportunity to see the motion of the moon in real time as it moves in its orbit date of event November 9th 2023 visibility visible from certain parts of the world depending on the moon and Venus's positions duration the occultation lasts for a few minutes to over an hour depending on the location frequency lunar occultations of Venus are relatively rare occurring only a few times a year November 11th and 12 TDS meteor shower peak the towered meteor shower is composed of two streams the southern tets which Peak between November 4th and November 5th and the northern tets which Peak between November 11th and November 12th these showers produce infrequent slow and long-lasting meteors associated with Comet enky a small Comet with a nucleus measuring approximately 2.98 Mi 4.8 km in diameter the TDS which Peak late evening the nights of November 11th to 12th there are only a few per hour but at least they peak in late evening versus pre-dawn like most meteor showers November 14th Uranus at opposition following Jupiter's opposition Uranus 2 reaches opposition on November 14th coming closest to Earth it's an ideal time to view this distant ice giant as it's fully illuminated by the sun date of event November 14th 2023 distance to Earth approximately 1.7 billion miles visibility visible all night from Sunset to Sunrise best viewing time around midnight when Uranus is highest in the sky November 17th and 18 Leonid meteor shower Peaks the Leonid meteor shower Peaks on 17 to 18 November 2023 up to 10 meteors per hour are visible under ideal conditions Leonid meteors are brief streaks of light emitted by plasma created as dust impacts the Earth's upper atmosphere at a speed of 70 km/s the dust originates from Comet 55 p/t Temple Tuttle originating from the debris of comet Temple Tuttle the leonids radiate from the constellation Leo as Earth traverses through this debris fiery meteor streak across the sky creating a Celestial display Peak night November 18th 2023 meteor speed up to 44 m/s meteor rate up to 15 meteors per hour parent Comet Temple Tuttle November 20th moon Jupiter and Saturn evening Sky the waxing Cresent Moon will pass the steady light of golden Saturn and Jupiter on the evening of November 19th 2023 and on the evening of November 20th the first quarter moon will float near Saturn you'll be able to watch Saturn and the moon until around mid night November 14th to 27th record the changing appearance of the Moon evening twilight sky an easy but rewarding observing activity is to record the changing appearance of the Moon between New Moon and full moon If You observe it at the same time each evening and of evening Twilight you will notice that the moon moves from the West to the east this movement demonstrates the moon's movement in its orbit around the Earth November 25th Moon and Jupiter in the evening sky in the late evenings of November 24th and 25th 2023 the waxing gibbis moon will glow near the bright planet Jupiter the moon in Jupiter will set several hours after midnight November 27th full moon on the morning of November 27th 2023 at 4:16 a.m. the full moon will reach its peak this moon is known as the beaver Moon because this is the time of year when beavers begin to take shelter in their lodges having laid up sufficient food stores for The Long Winter ahead hope you will enjoy the November 2023 night sky events if you enjoyed watching the video do give us a like also share the same with astronomy lovers and subscribe to our Channel secrets of space for astronomy updates