This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: November 9 to 15, 2026
New moon falls at 1:02 AM on Monday, so this is the darkest week of November: the Moon is absent until Wednesday evening and sets before 11 PM…
Venus
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This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: November 2 to 8, 2026
This is the dark week of November: the waning crescent Moon thins from 40 percent on Monday to nothing by Sunday, rising later each morning and leaving the…
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…
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
Moon, Mars and Jupiter Gather at Dawn on November 2, 2026
Before dawn on Monday, November 2, 2026, the waning crescent Moon sits about one degree from Mars, with Jupiter six degrees further along the same line and the…
This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: October 19 to 25, 2026
The Moon grows from a half to the Hunter’s Moon this week, which makes it a week for bright targets: Saturn beside the Moon on Friday and Saturday,…
Planets
Venus Disappears: Inferior Conjunction on October 24, 2026
Venus is about to vanish. For months it has been the Evening Star low in the west after sunset, but it has been sinking lower every week, and…
This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: October 5 to 11, 2026
This is the darkest week of October and one of the busiest. The Moon shrinks from a morning crescent to new moon on Saturday, leaving every evening moonless.…
Planets
Planets Visible in October 2026: Saturn, Jupiter and Mars
October 2026 is a good month for planets, with one at its very best, two dominating the morning sky, one making a brief evening appearance and one leaving…