Friday, November 07, 2025

Today: The Waning Gibbous Moon rises just east of northeast, just before 6:00 PM, and appears just to the right of the star Elnath, which marks the tip of Taurus, the Bull’s upper or right horn. This makes the star quite challenging to see. A little farther up...

Thursday, November 06, 2025

Today: The first of two minor meteor showers is near its peak tonight, known as the Southern Taurid Meteor Shower, to distinguish it from the Northern Taurids next week. This meteor shower remains active from late September through early December, tossing 5 to 10...

Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Today: Today the Full Moon rises at 4:18 PM. November’s Full Moon is known as the “Beaver” Moon. It gets its name from the Algonquin tribes of the northeast, though its meaning is uncertain. It could be the time of trapping beavers for their furs for the winter...

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Today: As twilight arrives, the nearly-Full Moon rises in the east-northeast, becoming Full early tomorrow morning, directly opposite the Sun. Like most Full Moons, this one passes just outside the Earth’s shadow, which means there won’t be a Lunar...

Monday, November 03, 2025

Today: Tomorrow morning, briefly visible and quite low in the east-southeast, the planet Venus appears to have a companion, the star Spica located to the right, and a bit higher than Venus. The two are heading in opposite directions, with Spica rising earlier each...

Sunday, November 02, 2025

Today: Standard Time has returned, but what does that mean? The idea of a “standard” time, and time zones, replaced the Sun as the method for determining noon. Local noon is when the Sun is directly south, but when trains made long distance travel possible...