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FULL moon occurs on Nov. 5d. 21h. 09m., U.T., and new moon on Nov. 20d. 07h. 29m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: Nov. 15d. O1h., Mars 1° S. ; Nov. 15d. 14h., Saturn 0·8° S. ; Nov. 23d. 19h., Venus 2° N. ; Nov. 24d. 13h., Jupiter 5° N. In addition to these conjunctions with the moon, Mars is in conjunction with Saturn on Nov. 3Od. 21h., Mars being 0·2° N. Mercury rises about 1¼ hr. before the sun on Nov. 1 and is visible in the eastern sky, but draws closer to the sun and is in superior conjunction on Nov. 21. Venus sets about two hours after the sun and is conspicuous in the western sky, stellar magnitude -4, the visible portion of the illuminated disk varying between 0·6 and 0·44. Mars rises soon after midnight throughout the month. Jupiter sets at 21h. 10m., 20h. 25m. and 19h. 40m. on Nov. 1, 15 and 30 respectively, but in the latitude of Greenwich does not rise more than 18° above the horizon. Saturn, in the constellation of Leo, rises at 2h., Ih. 10m. and Oh. 15m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month respectively. Occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 are as follows: Nov. 3d. 20h. 30·4 m., ζ Pise. (D) ; Nov. lOd. 21h. 32·1m., 47 Gemi. (R). D and R refer to disappearance and reappearance respectively, and the latitude of Greenwich is assumed. The Leonid meteors are due during Nov. 14–19 and the Andromedids during Nov. 18–23, but these showers are now feeble and supply comparatively few meteors.
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The Night Sky in November. Nature 164, 736 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164736e0
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