Today:
Today the Full Moon rises at 4:28 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 ahead, or when beavers themselves are preparing their lodges for the coming season.
Saturday:
The Big Dipper runs as low as it gets along the northern horizon. At 6:20 PM EST, the right edge of the “bowl” of the Dipper is exactly above north. Follow the line formed by these two stars, the “pointer stars”, and they will guide you up to the North Star, Polaris, located half way between the horizon and the zenith.
Sunday:
Tonight, the Leonid Meteor Shower peaks, at a rate of 10 to 15 meteors per hour, under ideal viewing. But tonight will be be non-ideal, because of the interfering light from moon, which will be 94% full. As the Gibbous Moon wanes, additional a few outbursts are possible from previous passages of its parent comet, Temple-Tuttle, over the next few nights.