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Full moon occurs on Nov. 9d. 07h. 10m., u.T., and new moon, on £3d. 17h. 24m. The following couuncticftlk witn the moon take place: Nov. 14d. 20hLSa#irn 4° S.; Nov. 22d. 03h., Jupiter 2° S.; N(f4d. 18h., Mars 0.5° S. In addition to these' conjunctions with the moon, the following conjunctions take place: Nov. Id. 00h., Mercury in conjunction with Venus, Mercury 3.2° N.; Nov. 6d. 08h., Venus in conjunction with Mars, Venus 5.2° S.; Nov. 15d. 01h., Mercury in conjunction with Mars, Mercury 1.0° S. The following occupations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 take place, the latitude of Greenwich being assumed: Nov. 2d. 18h. 27.6m., 33 Capr. (D); Nov. 3d. 22h. 11.0m., 30 Pise. (D); Nov. 6d. OOh. 22.4m., 33 Pise. (D); Nov. 7d. 19h. 32-lm., v Pise. (D); Nov. 16d. 05h. 03.4m., Leon. (D); Nov. 16d. 05h. 39.6m., 7) Leon. (R); Nov. 18d. 04h. 06.6m., v Virg. (D); Nov. 18d. 05h. 04.8m., v Virg. (2?). Mercury sets at 17h. 05m. on Nov. 1 and can be seen in the western sky after sunset. The planet is in inferior conjunction on Nov. 21. Venus is in inferior conjunction on Nov. 17 and can. be seen towards the end of the month in the eastern sky, rising about lh. 40m. before the sun. Mars and Jupiter are unfavourably placed for observation. Saturn rises at 22h. 25m. and 20h. 32m. at the beginning and end of the month respectively and is stationary on Nov. 21. The stellar magnitude of the planet is 0.4 throughout the month. There will be a partial eclipse of the sun on Nov. 23, invisible at Greenwich but visible over parts of Canada and America.
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The Night Sky in November. Nature 158, 581 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158581d0
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