Sky Guides
Why You Can See the Moon During the Day
The Moon is above the horizon for about twelve and a half hours out of every twenty-four, and half of that time, on average, is daylight. It is…
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Guides, sky news and viewing tips for the Moon, eclipses, meteor showers and planets
Planets
Which Planets Are Visible Tonight? November 2026
In November 2026 the planets split cleanly between dusk and dawn. After sunset there is Saturn, high in the south-east, with Neptune and Uranus for telescope and binocular…
Meteor Showers
Taurid Meteor Showers 2026: Fireball Season, Dark Moon
The Taurid meteor showers peak in the first half of November 2026 under a near-perfect Moon: the Southern Taurids around Thursday, November 5, and the Northern Taurids around…
Sky Guides
November 2026 Night Sky Guide: Moon, Planets, Meteor Showers
November 2026 is a morning month. Jupiter and Mars meet before dawn on the 16th, Venus returns as the Morning Star and reaches its brightest on the 27th,…
Planets
Mars and Jupiter Conjunction on November 16, 2026
Mars passes 1.2 degrees from Jupiter on November 16, 2026, close enough that the two planets fit in the same binocular field and almost in the same low-power…
Sky Guides
Lunar Libration: How to See Around the Edge of the Moon
The Moon always shows us the same face, but not quite the same face. Over a month it nods up and down by nearly 7 degrees and rocks…
This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: October 26 to November 1, 2026
The week opens with the Hunter’s Moon rising just after sunset on Monday, covers the Pleiades on Tuesday night, then thins toward last quarter on Sunday, when the…
Gardening by the Moon
Does Gardening by the Moon Work? What the Research Says
The honest answer is that controlled trials have not found a measurable effect of the Moon’s phase on germination, growth or yield. The physics is against it too:…
Sky Guides
Lunar X, Lunar V and the Jewelled Handle: When to See Them
Three of the Moon’s best-known tricks of light are the Lunar X, the Lunar V and the Jewelled Handle. None of them is a real structure. Each is…