Portal:Astronomy/Events/November 2013

All times in UT unless otherwise specified.

November 2013
Date	Time	Celestial Object	Category	Event	Mathematical Values
01 November		Mercury	Conjunction of planets	Mercury at inferior conjunction
		Venus	Elongation	Venus at greatest eastern elongation	Elongation to the Sun = 46.6° East in Evening twilight. Diameter = 7.3"
03 November		Earth	Eclipse	Hybrid Solar eclipse of November 03, 2013
	06:51	Moon	Lunar node	Moon at ascending node
	00:50	Moon	Lunar phase	New moon	Duration = 29d 11h 32m Lunation= 1124
05 November		Venus	Constellation	Venus enters into the constellation Capricornus
06 November	6:38	Moon	Lunistice	Moon at southern lunistice	Declination = +19.5° Direction = Furthest South
	9:14	Moon	Apsis	Moon at perigee	Moon-Earth Distance = 365,361 kms
		Jupiter	Retrograde motion	Jupiter in retrograde motion in constellation Cancer
		Saturn	Conjunction of planets	Saturn at superior conjunction
07 November		Jupiter	Stationary	Jupiter at western stationary point
08 November		Mercury	Apsis	Mercury at perihelion
10 November	5:58	Moon	Lunar phase	First quarter moon
11 November		Mercury	Stationary	Mercury at western stationary point
12 November		Meteoroid	Meteor shower	Taurids meteor shower from Comet Encke
	15:40	Moon	Equator crossing	Equator crossing	Direction = North going
13 November		Neptune	Retrograde motion	Neptune in post retrograde motion in constellation Pisces
14 November		Neptune	Stationary	Neptune at eastern stationary point
15 November	08:14	Venus	Conjunction of planets	Venus at Conjunction with Pluto	Elongation to the Sun = 46.3° East Angle Distance = '6°34' South
16 November		Sun	Constellation	Sun enters into the constellation Scorpius
	05:27	Moon	Lunar node	Moon at descending node
17 November		Meteoroid	Meteor shower	Leonids meteor shower from Comet Tempel–Tuttle
	15:16	Moon	Lunar phase	Full moon
18 November		Mercury	Elongation	Mercury at greatest western elongation	Elongation to the Sun = 19.3° East in morning twilight.
19 November	17:16	Moon	Lunistice	Moon at northern lunistice	Declination = +19.5° Direction = Furthest North
21 November		Meteoroid	Meteor shower	Alpha Monocerotids or Monocerotids of November meteor shower from a long-period unknown comet
22 November	09:43	Moon	Apsis	Moon at apogee	Moon-Earth Distance = 405,445 kms
25 November	19:29	Moon	Lunar phase	Last Quarter moon
		Neptune	Quadrature	Neptune at eastern quadrature
26 November	03:39	Mercury	Conjunction of planets	Mercury at conjunction with Saturn	Elongation to the Sun = 17.5° West Angle Distance = 20' South
		Mars	Constellation	Mars enters into the constellation Virgo
27 November	05:27	Moon	Equator crossing	Equator crossing	Direction = South going
28 November		Comet ISON or Comet Nevski–Novichonok	Apsis	C/2012 S1 at perihelion (closest approach to the Sun)	Distance = 0.0124 AU (1,860,000 kms)
30 November	16:57	Moon	Lunar node	Moon at ascending node