November 2027 at a glance: Nov 4: Mercury at greatest western elongation (19°); Nov 14: Full Beaver Moon; Nov 18: Leonids peak (ZHR 15+, Moon 80% lit); Nov 25: Venus and Mars 0.3° apart. Planets from New York: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
Nov4
Mercury at greatest western elongation (19°)
Nov14
Full Beaver Moon
Nov18
Leonids peak (ZHR 15+, Moon 80% lit)
Nov25
Venus and Mars 0.3° apart
Moon phases
Moon at 0h UTC each day
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
17%
213%
320%
429%
538%
6First Quarter
756%
866%
974%
1082%
1189%
1295%
1398%
14Full
1599%
1696%
1790%
1882%
1973%
2062%
21Last Quarter
2239%
2329%
2419%
2511%
265%
272%
28New
291%
304%
Phase
UTC
New York
London
Sydney
First Quarter
Nov 6, 08:00 UTC
Sat Nov 6, 4:00 am
Sat Nov 6, 8:00 am
Sat Nov 6, 7:00 pm
Full Moon
Beaver Moon; 378,766 km away
Nov 14, 03:25 UTC
Sat Nov 13, 10:25 pm
Sun Nov 14, 3:25 am
Sun Nov 14, 2:25 pm
Last Quarter
Nov 21, 00:48 UTC
Sat Nov 20, 7:48 pm
Sun Nov 21, 12:48 am
Sun Nov 21, 11:48 am
New Moon
Nov 28, 03:24 UTC
Sat Nov 27, 10:24 pm
Sun Nov 28, 3:24 am
Sun Nov 28, 2:24 pm
Planets
at least 5° up, Sun 6° down
Pick a city. The chart runs from 4 pm to 8 am local time for each night of the month; coloured bars show when each planet is up in a dark sky.
From New York: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Before dawn, until about Nov 17
above 5° from 6:10 am; east-southeast, 7° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-0.9
Virgo
Venus
Evening, from about Nov 9
southwest, 7° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:20 pm (on the 15th)
-3.9
Ophiuchus
Mars
Evening, all month
southwest, 9° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:40 pm (on the 15th)
1.3
Ophiuchus
Jupiter
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 2:10 am; southeast, 47° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-1.8
Leo
Saturn
Most of the night, all month
east, 20° up at dusk; below 5° by 3:30 am (on the 15th)
0.2
Pisces
From London: evening: Venus, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Before dawn, until about Nov 16
above 5° from 6:40 am; east-southeast, 6° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-0.9
Virgo
Venus
Evening, from about Nov 29
southwest, 5° up at dusk; below 5° by 4:40 pm (on the 30th)
-3.9
Ophiuchus
Mars
Not visible (not up in a dark sky)
–
1.3
Ophiuchus
Jupiter
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 2:10 am; south-southeast, 40° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-1.8
Leo
Saturn
Most of the night, all month
east, 14° up at dusk; below 5° by 3:40 am (on the 15th)
0.2
Pisces
From Toronto: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Before dawn, until about Nov 17
above 5° from 6:30 am; east-southeast, 7° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-0.9
Virgo
Venus
Evening, from about Nov 12
southwest, 5° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:30 pm (on the 15th)
-3.9
Ophiuchus
Mars
Evening, all month
southwest, 8° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:40 pm (on the 15th)
1.3
Ophiuchus
Jupiter
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 2:30 am; south-southeast, 45° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-1.8
Leo
Saturn
Most of the night, all month
east, 20° up at dusk; below 5° by 3:50 am (on the 15th)
0.2
Pisces
From Sydney: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Not visible (too close to the Sun)
–
-0.9
Virgo
Venus
Evening, all month
west-southwest, 16° up at dusk; below 5° by 9:00 pm (on the 15th)
-3.9
Ophiuchus
Mars
Evening, all month
west-southwest, 20° up at dusk; below 5° by 9:20 pm (on the 15th)
1.3
Ophiuchus
Jupiter
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 3:30 am; east-northeast, 26° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-1.8
Leo
Saturn
Most of the night, all month
northeast, 36° up at dusk; below 5° by 4:00 am (on the 15th)
0.2
Pisces
Dates to note
Nov1
The Moon near Antares (0.4°)
Nov 1, around 03h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Nov1
The Moon near Mars (3.2°)
Nov 1, around 06h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Nov4
Mercury at greatest western elongation (19°)
Nov 4, 08:50 UTC. Mercury is as far from the Sun as it gets on this pass, 19°, in the morning sky before sunrise. Mercury is always low in twilight: look low toward the east.
Nov6
Southern Taurids peak
Nov 6, around 01h UTC; up to 5–10 meteors an hour under ideal skies (ZHR). Moon 47% lit at the peak. Both hemispheres. Best time for your city →
Nov13
Northern Taurids peak
Nov 13, around 00h UTC; up to 5 meteors an hour under ideal skies (ZHR). Moon 98% lit at the peak. Both hemispheres. Best time for your city →
Nov14
Full Moon
Nov 14, 03:25 UTC. Beaver Moon.
Nov14
The Moon near the Pleiades (0.5°)
Nov 14, around 18h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Nov18
Leonids peak
Nov 18, 06:00 UTC; up to 15+ meteors an hour under ideal skies (ZHR). Moon 80% lit at the peak. Both hemispheres. Best time for your city →
Nov21
The Moon near Regulus (2.6°)
Nov 21, around 03h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Nov25
Venus and Mars 0.3° apart
Nov 25, around 00h UTC. A close pairing of two planets, 0.3° apart (about 1 Moon-width). Both are 27° or more from the Sun.
Nov25
The Moon near Spica (2.9°)
Nov 25, around 01h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Nov28
New Moon
Nov 28, 03:24 UTC. The dark-sky window: the best week for faint objects and meteors.
Nov30
The Moon near Mars (1.5°)
Nov 30, around 08h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Nov30
Uranus at opposition
Nov 30, 09:21 UTC. Uranus is opposite the Sun: up all night, rising at sunset, and at its brightest for the year. Distance 18.38 au (2,749 million km). It needs binoculars or a small telescope.
Nov30
The Moon near Venus (0.9°)
Nov 30, around 13h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Times in UTC. Separations are geocentric (from Earth's centre). Pairings closer than 3° (planets) or 4° (the Moon and a planet) are listed when the planets are at least 15° from the Sun.
Dates, peaks and ZHR: International Meteor Organization calendar. “Around” marks a peak computed from the solar longitude the IMO lists. Moon: illuminated fraction at the peak.
Space station passes
The ISS and Tiangong orbits are only predictable about six weeks ahead, so pass windows for November 2027 appear here once that month is close. Today's passes: ISS tonight, Tiangong tonight.
Your hemisphere
United States
New York
4:38 pmsunset (15th)
6:43 amsunrise (16th)
10 h 50 minfull darkness
Over the month the nights are getting longer (+50 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 30th). Planets: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
Over the month the nights are getting longer (+70 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 30th). Planets: evening: Venus, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
Over the month the nights are getting longer (+50 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 30th). Planets: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter.
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−70 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 30th). Planets: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Jupiter. From the southern hemisphere the Moon's lit side is mirrored compared with the calendar above, and the planets arc across the northern sky.
Nov 14, 03:25 UTC (Nov 13, 10:25 pm in New York, Nov 14, 3:25 am in London). Traditional name: Beaver Moon.
When is the new Moon in November 2027?
Nov 28, 03:24 UTC. The nights around it are the darkest of the month.
What planets are visible in November 2027?
From New York: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Jupiter. From Sydney: evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn; before dawn: Jupiter. The tables above give times and directions for each city.
Are there meteor showers in November 2027?
Southern Taurids: peak Nov 6, around 01h UTC, ZHR 5–10; Northern Taurids: peak Nov 13, around 00h UTC, ZHR 5; Leonids: peak Nov 18, 06:00 UTC, ZHR 15+.
Computed by us from JPL's DE440 planetary ephemeris with Skyfield: phases, positions, magnitudes (Mallama & Hilton), separations, equinoxes and solstices. Full Moon names are the traditional North American ones. Meteor showers: International Meteor Organization. Eclipses: Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC. Planet times ignore hills and buildings; a planet 5° up needs a clear, low horizon.