Sky Events
November 2025
November 1: Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
November 2: Conjunction of Saturn and Moon with angular separation of 3°39′
November 3: Mercury at dichotomy (half phase)
November 5: Full Moon, Moon at perigee
November 6: Close approach of Moon & M45 (Pleiades) with angular separation of 49′
November 10: Conjunction of Moon & Jupiter with angular separation of 3°56′
November 11: Jupiter begins retrograde motion
November 12: Moon in last quarter; Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks
November 17: Leonid meteor shower peaks
November 19: Moon at apogee
November 20: New Moon
November 21: Uranus at Opposition; conjunction of Moon and Mars with angular separation of 4°27′; α-Monocerotid meteor shower
November 27: Saturn ends retrograde motion
November 28: Moon at first quarter; November Orionid meteor shower peaks
November 29: Conjunction of Moon and Saturn with angular separation of 3°45′
Planets in November
Mercury: best viewing start of the month, quickly disappears, reappears as morning planet at end of the month
Venus: Morning planet, losing visibility by end of the month
Mars: Not visible this month
Jupiter: Excellent visibility, rising before midnight, visible through night till dawn
Saturn: Excellent visibility, rising before sunset, visible through night, sets before dawn
December 2025
December 3: Close approach of Moon & M45 (Pleiades), with angular separation of 48.4′
December 4: Full Moon, Moon at perigee; highest altitude of Mercury in morning sky, Mercury at dichotomy (half phase).
December 6: φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower peaks
December 7: Puppid-Velid meteor shower peaks; Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter with angular separation of 3°42′; Mercury at greatest western elongation
December 9: Monocerotid meteor shower peaks
December 11: Moon in last Quarter
December 12: σ-Hydrid meteor shower peaks
December 14: Geminid meteor shower peaks
December 16: Comae Berenicid meteor shower peaks
December 17: Moon at apogee
December 19: New Moon; December Leonis Minorid meteor shower peaks
December 21: Winter Solstice
December 22: Ursid meteor shower peaks
December 26: Conjunction of Moon and Saturn with angular separation of 4°01′
December 27: Moon in first quarter
December 30: Close approach of Moon & M45 (Pleiades), with angular separation of 55.4′
Planets in December
Mercury: Poor position morning planet, visibility decreases as month goes on
Venus: Not visible this month
Mars: Not visible this month
Jupiter: Excellent visibility, rising in the evening, visible through night till dawn
Saturn: Excellent visibility evening visibility