The sky above you
The sky above you: tonight, this week, this month
Choose your place and see what is visible tonight and what happens in the sky over the coming weeks. A star map will follow later; this is the list.
Place
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Times are in this place’s time zone (Europe/London).
Tonight in London
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This week
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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
The Moon and Mars are 0.97° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
The Moon and Jupiter are 0.48° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
Conjunction of the Moon and Regulus
The Moon and Regulus are 0.75° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
The Moon and Venus are 0.95° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
Conjunction of the Moon and Spica
The Moon and Spica are 2.17° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
New moon
The Moon is 397,761 km from Earth (centre to centre).
The rest of this month
Mercury turns direct again
In Scorpio, at 5°.
Conjunction of Mars and Jupiter
1.2° apart.
Meteor shower: Leonids
Peak around this time (a margin of 12 hours); up to about 20 meteors per hour under ideal conditions; moonlight: favourable (little moonlight).
Planet parade in the morning sky: 4 planets
On the best day, 20 November, with the Sun 9° below the horizon in London: Mercury 8° (Scorpio, low, hard to see), Venus 18° (Libra), Mars 52° (Leo), Jupiter 52° (Leo). The parade lasts from 13 November to 29 November.
Supermoon
The full Moon is 360,754 km from Earth. Rule 1: yes. Rule 2 (within 24 hours of the perigee): no.
Uranus at opposition
Brightness 5.6, in Gemini.
Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
The Moon and Jupiter are 1.05° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
The Moon and Mars are 3° apart, measured from the centre of the Earth.
Times are right to within a few minutes and positions to about a degree. The chart shows what is there, not what you can see: clouds and city lights limit that. A planet counts from 5° above the horizon, when the Sun is at least 6° below it.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine; the events come from the sky calendar. Sources
Sky calendar: Sky calendar