SkyWatch: November 2023

Dates and times are Universal Time
Positions are geocentric J2000
Pluto's position is astrometric, i.e., it accounts for the approx. 6 hour light-time
Elongations are in degrees
Calculations by Brian D. Warner

Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)

Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0;    Adelaide, Australia =  +138 –34 +9.5)

Longitude   Latitude   UTOffset  

Sun Information

Currently (Tue, 2023 Nov 28 17:13 UT)
RA 16 14 59.4
Dec -21 14 40.5
X -0.403268
Y -0.826102
Z -0.358100
R 0.986562

Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Civil Twilight (CT): Sun 6º below horizon
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon

Local
Date
AT
Start
NT
Start
CT
Start
Sun
Rise
Sun
Set
CT
End
NT
End
AT
End
2023 Nov 27   05:2105:5306:2606:5516:3817:0717:4018:12
2023 Nov 28   05:2205:5406:2706:5616:3717:0717:4018:12
2023 Nov 29   05:2305:5506:2806:5716:3717:0617:3918:11

 


Moon Information


Currently (Tue, 2023 Nov 28 17:13 UT)
RA          05 26 02.9
Dec +27 36 02.1
Phase -0.977  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.947 degrees
Diameter 30.97 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 162W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)

UT DateRiseTransitSet
2023 Nov 2716:0123:3707:33
2023 Nov 2816:4200:3308:38
2023 Nov 2917:3101:3009:35

Phases for 2023

New First Full Last
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Nov 23 2022 22:58 Nov 30 2022 14:37 Dec 08 2022 04:09 Dec 16 2022 08:57
Dec 23 2022 10:17 Dec 30 2022 01:21 Jan 06 2023 23:09 Jan 15 2023 02:11
Jan 21 2023 20:54 Jan 28 2023 15:19 Feb 05 2023 18:29 Feb 13 2023 16:02
Feb 20 2023 07:07 Feb 27 2023 08:06 Mar 07 2023 12:41 Mar 15 2023 02:09
Mar 21 2023 17:24 Mar 29 2023 02:33 Apr 06 2023 04:36 Apr 13 2023 09:12
Apr 20 2023 04:14 Apr 27 2023 21:21 May 05 2023 17:35 May 12 2023 14:29
May 19 2023 15:54 May 27 2023 15:23 Jun 04 2023 03:43 Jun 10 2023 19:32
Jun 18 2023 04:38 Jun 26 2023 07:50 Jul 03 2023 11:40 Jul 10 2023 01:48
Jul 17 2023 18:33 Jul 25 2023 22:07 Aug 01 2023 18:33 Aug 08 2023 10:29
Aug 16 2023 09:39 Aug 24 2023 09:58 Aug 31 2023 01:37 Sep 06 2023 22:22
Sep 15 2023 01:41 Sep 22 2023 19:32 Sep 29 2023 09:58 Oct 06 2023 13:48
Oct 14 2023 17:56 Oct 22 2023 03:30 Oct 28 2023 20:25 Nov 05 2023 08:37
Nov 13 2023 09:28 Nov 20 2023 10:50 Nov 27 2023 09:17 Dec 05 2023 05:50
Dec 12 2023 23:33 Dec 19 2023 18:40 Dec 27 2023 00:34 Jan 04 2024 03:31
Jan 11 2024 11:58 Jan 18 2024 03:53 Jan 25 2024 17:55 Feb 02 2024 23:19

Planet Information


Currently (Tue, 2023 Nov 28 17:13 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         16 14 59.4   -21 14 40.5       
Opposition 04 14 59.4 +21 14 40.5 180E 16:35 23:45 06:55
Mercury 17 41 24.7 -25 50 08.5 20E 08:48 13:12 17:36
Venus 13 25 45.1 -06 44 57.4 43W 03:21 08:56 14:29
Mars 16 01 53.2 -20 53 15.9 3W 06:47 11:32 16:15
Jupiter 02 20 31.1 +12 35 06.5 151E 15:14 21:52 04:29
Saturn 22 13 26.4 -12 48 18.4 85E 12:16 17:34 22:45
Uranus 03 11 04.1 +17 27 58.7 164E 15:47 22:42 05:37
Neptune 23 42 04.4 -03 18 32.8 109E 13:12 19:02 00:43
Pluto 20 03 15.7 -23 13 28.1 53E 10:45 15:24 19:55

 

Selected Positions for November 2023
                Nov 01 2023                       Nov 16 2023                       Nov 30 2023
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Sun 14 22 25.6 -14 09 51.7 15 22 32.2 -18 31 39.7 17 31 19.7 -23 16 21.5
Opposition 02 22 25.6 +14 09 51.7 180E 03 22 32.2 +18 31 39.7 180E 05 31 19.7 +23 16 21.5 180E
Mercury 14 51 03.0 -16 56 37.4 7E 16 24 37.2 -23 37 18.5 15E 18 32 34.6 -23 14 27.7 14E
Venus 11 30 40.9 +03 48 54.1 46W 12 32 12.5 -01 43 15.7 45W 14 44 54.8 -13 35 12.0 40W
Mars 14 43 12.7 -15 45 24.6 5E 15 25 13.4 -18 47 18.4 1E 16 55 38.3 -23 00 26.5 8W
Jupiter 02 34 03.4 +13 37 01.5 177W 02 26 12.7 +13 00 48.9 165E 02 15 04.7 +12 12 21.5 132E
Saturn 22 11 36.3 -13 01 52.6 112E 22 11 59.2 -12 57 55.4 97E 22 17 05.3 -12 25 55.2 68E
Uranus 03 15 38.4 +17 45 37.8 167W 03 13 08.1 +17 35 58.8 178E 03 08 29.5 +17 17 58.3 146E
Neptune 23 43 16.9 -03 11 36.3 137E 23 42 26.9 -03 16 33.5 122E 23 42 05.4 -03 17 46.6 91E
Pluto 20 01 20.1 -23 18 35.3 80E 20 02 12.7 -23 16 14.6 65E 20 05 07.7 -23 08 34.7 35E