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11/01/2022 – Ephemeris – Previewing November skies
This is Bob Moler with Ephemeris for Tuesday, November 1st. The Sun will rise at 8:20. It’ll be up for 10 hours and 10 minutes, setting at 6:31. The Moon, at first quarter today, will set at 1:21 tomorrow morning.
Let’s look ahead at the skies for the month of November. The Sun is still moving south rapidly. Daylight hours in the Interlochen/Traverse City area and will drop from 10 hours and 10 minutes today to 9 hours 5 minutes on the 30th. The altitude, or angle, of the Sun above the southern horizon at local noon will be at 30 degrees today and will descend to 23 and a half degrees on the 30th. The altitude of the Sun in the Straits area will be a degree lower. Local noon, this month, will be about 12:30 p.m. once we’re on standard time beginning on the 6th. There will be a total eclipse of the Moon on the morning of the 8th, Election Day. The eclipse will start shortly after 4 am and be visible until it sets during the last stages of the eclipse just after sunrise, around 7:40 am. I’ll have more information on it next Monday.
The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT – 4 hours). They may be different for your location.
Addendum
November Evening Star Chart
The planets and stars are plotted for the 15th at 9 p.m. EST in the evening and 6 a.m. for the morning chart. These are the chart times. Note that Traverse City is located approximately 45 minutes behind our time meridian, West 75° longitude. (An hour 45 minutes behind our daylight saving time meridian during EDT). To duplicate the star positions on a planisphere you may have to set it to 45 minutes earlier than the current time.
For a list of constellation names to go with the abbreviations, click here.
- Pointer stars at the front of the bowl of the Big Dipper point to Polaris, the North Star.
- Follow the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper to the star Arcturus
- The Summer Triangle is in red.
- TauR on the evening star chart can be used as the radiant for the North and South Taurid meteor showers.
- LeoR on the morning star chart is the radiant of the Leonid meteor shower, which peaks between the 17th.
Twilight Limits, Nautical and Astronomical
| EDT/EST | |||||||
| Morning | Twilight | Evening | Twilight | Dark | Night | Moon | |
| Date | Astro. | Nautical | Nautical | Astro. | Start | End | Illum. |
| 2022-11-01 | 6h47m | 7h21m | 19h40m | 20h13m | 0h03m | 6h47m | 0.61 |
| 2022-11-02 | 6h48m | 7h22m | 19h38m | 20h12m | 1h21m | 6h48m | 0.71 |
| 2022-11-03 | 6h49m | 7h23m | 19h37m | 20h11m | 2h39m | 6h49m | 0.81 |
| 2022-11-04 | 6h51m | 7h25m | 19h36m | 20h10m | 3h54m | 6h51m | 0.89 |
| 2022-11-05 | 6h52m | 7h26m | 19h35m | 20h09m | 5h07m | 6h52m | 0.94 |
| 2022-11-06 | 5h53m | 6h27m | 18h34m | 19h08m | 5h18m | 5h53m | 0.98 |
| 2022-11-07 | 5h54m | 6h28m | 18h32m | 19h06m | – | – | 1 |
| 2022-11-08 | 5h55m | 6h29m | 18h31m | 19h05m | – | – | 0.99 |
| 2022-11-09 | 5h57m | 6h31m | 18h30m | 19h04m | – | – | 0.97 |
| 2022-11-10 | 5h58m | 6h32m | 18h29m | 19h03m | – | – | 0.93 |
| 2022-11-11 | 5h59m | 6h33m | 18h28m | 19h03m | 19h03m | 19h16m | 0.87 |
| 2022-11-12 | 6h00m | 6h34m | 18h27m | 19h02m | 19h02m | 20h07m | 0.8 |
| 2022-11-13 | 6h01m | 6h35m | 18h26m | 19h01m | 19h01m | 21h05m | 0.72 |
| 2022-11-14 | 6h02m | 6h37m | 18h26m | 19h00m | 19h00m | 22h08m | 0.63 |
| 2022-11-15 | 6h03m | 6h38m | 18h25m | 18h59m | 18h59m | 23h13m | 0.54 |
| 2022-11-16 | 6h05m | 6h39m | 18h24m | 18h58m | 18h58m | – | 0.44 |
| 2022-11-17 | 6h06m | 6h40m | 18h23m | 18h58m | 18h58m | 0h19m | 0.34 |
| 2022-11-18 | 6h07m | 6h41m | 18h22m | 18h57m | 18h57m | 1h26m | 0.25 |
| 2022-11-19 | 6h08m | 6h43m | 18h22m | 18h56m | 18h56m | 2h33m | 0.17 |
| 2022-11-20 | 6h09m | 6h44m | 18h21m | 18h56m | 18h56m | 3h42m | 0.1 |
| 2022-11-21 | 6h10m | 6h45m | 18h20m | 18h55m | 18h55m | 4h54m | 0.04 |
| 2022-11-22 | 6h11m | 6h46m | 18h20m | 18h54m | 18h54m | 6h10m | 0.01 |
| 2022-11-23 | 6h12m | 6h47m | 18h19m | 18h54m | 18h54m | 6h12m | 0 |
| 2022-11-24 | 6h13m | 6h48m | 18h19m | 18h53m | 18h53m | 6h13m | 0.02 |
| 2022-11-25 | 6h14m | 6h49m | 18h18m | 18h53m | 18h53m | 6h14m | 0.07 |
| 2022-11-26 | 6h15m | 6h50m | 18h18m | 18h53m | 19h32m | 6h15m | 0.14 |
| 2022-11-27 | 6h16m | 6h51m | 18h17m | 18h52m | 20h49m | 6h16m | 0.24 |
| 2022-11-28 | 6h17m | 6h52m | 18h17m | 18h52m | 22h09m | 6h17m | 0.34 |
| 2022-11-29 | 6h18m | 6h53m | 18h17m | 18h52m | 23h29m | 6h18m | 0.45 |
| 2022-11-30 | 6h19m | 6h55m | 18h16m | 18h51m | – | 6h19m | 0.57 |
Twilight calendar was generated using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
See my blog post: Twilight Zone for the definitions of the different periods of twilight here: https://bobmoler.wordpress.com/2018/09/27/.
NASA Calendar of Planetary Events
Nov 1 Tu Venus: 2.6° E
1 Tu 1:37 am First Quarter
1 Tu 4:08 pm Moon-Saturn: 4.3° N
4 Fr 3:19 pm Moon-Jupiter: 2.5° N
8 Tu 1:08 am Moon Ascending Node
8 Tu 5:59 am Total Lunar Eclipse
8 Tu 6:02 am Full Beaver Moon
8 Tu 11:28 am Mercury Superior Conj.
9 We 3:41 am Uranus Opposition
9 We 7:16 am Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
11 Fr 8:43 am Moon-Mars: 2.7° S
12 Sa 9:17 am Moon North Dec.: 27.5° N
12 Sa 12:25 pm North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
13 Su 6:43 pm Moon-Pollux: 1.9° N
14 Mo 1:41 am Moon Apogee: 404900 km
16 We 8:27 am Last Quarter
17 Th 6:42 pm Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
22 Tu 11:23 am Moon Descending Node
23 We 5:57 pm New Moon
25 Fr 8:30 pm Moon Perigee: 362800 km
26 Sa 3:28 am Moon South Dec.: 27.5° S
28 Mo 11:40 pm Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
30 We 9:36 am First Quarter
Dec 1 Th Venus: 9.9° E
All event times for November 1-5 are given for UTC-4 Eastern Daylight Saving Time. For dates after that, times are given for UTC-5 Eastern Standard Time.
Sky Events Calendar by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA’s GSFC),
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html.
If you go to the above site, you can print out a list like the above for the entire year or calendar pages for your time zone.
Sun and Moon Rising and Setting Times
LU Ephemeris of Sky Events for Interlochen/TC November, 2022 Local time zone: EDT +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DATE | SUN SUN DAYLIGHT| TWILIGHT* |MOON RISE OR ILLUM | | | RISE SET HOURS | END START |PHASE SET** TIME FRACTN| +=======================================================================+ |Tue 1| 08:20a 06:31p 10:10 | 07:36p 07:15a |F Qtr Set 01:21a 58%| |Wed 2| 08:22a 06:29p 10:07 | 07:35p 07:17a | Set 02:38a 69%| |Thu 3| 08:23a 06:28p 10:05 | 07:33p 07:18a | Set 03:53a 79%| |Fri 4| 08:24a 06:27p 10:02 | 07:32p 07:19a | Set 05:06a 87%| |Sat 5| 08:26a 06:26p 09:59 | 07:31p 07:20a | Set 06:18a 93%| +------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+ | EST | Time Change | | | |Sun 6| 07:27a 05:24p 09:57 | 06:30p 06:21a | Set 06:29a 98%| |Mon 7| 07:29a 05:23p 09:54 | 06:29p 06:23a | Set 07:40a 100%| |Tue 8| 07:30a 05:22p 09:51 | 06:28p 06:24a |Full Rise 05:28p 100%| |Wed 9| 07:31a 05:21p 09:49 | 06:27p 06:25a | Rise 05:57p 98%| |Thu 10| 07:33a 05:19p 09:46 | 06:26p 06:26a | Rise 06:32p 94%| |Fri 11| 07:34a 05:18p 09:44 | 06:25p 06:28a | Rise 07:15p 88%| |Sat 12| 07:35a 05:17p 09:41 | 06:24p 06:29a | Rise 08:06p 81%| +------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+ |Sun 13| 07:37a 05:16p 09:39 | 06:23p 06:30a | Rise 09:05p 73%| |Mon 14| 07:38a 05:15p 09:37 | 06:22p 06:31a | Rise 10:07p 65%| |Tue 15| 07:39a 05:14p 09:34 | 06:21p 06:32a | Rise 11:13p 55%| |Wed 16| 07:41a 05:13p 09:32 | 06:20p 06:33a |L Qtr Rise 12:19a 46%| |Thu 17| 07:42a 05:12p 09:30 | 06:20p 06:35a | Rise 01:25a 36%| |Fri 18| 07:43a 05:11p 09:27 | 06:19p 06:36a | Rise 02:32a 27%| |Sat 19| 07:45a 05:10p 09:25 | 06:18p 06:37a | Rise 03:42a 18%| +------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+ |Sun 20| 07:46a 05:10p 09:23 | 06:17p 06:38a | Rise 04:54a 11%| |Mon 21| 07:47a 05:09p 09:21 | 06:17p 06:39a | Rise 06:10a 5%| |Tue 22| 07:49a 05:08p 09:19 | 06:16p 06:40a | Rise 07:30a 1%| |Wed 23| 07:50a 05:07p 09:17 | 06:16p 06:42a |New Set 04:50p 0%| |Thu 24| 07:51a 05:07p 09:15 | 06:15p 06:43a | Set 05:31p 2%| |Fri 25| 07:52a 05:06p 09:13 | 06:15p 06:44a | Set 06:24p 6%| |Sat 26| 07:54a 05:05p 09:11 | 06:14p 06:45a | Set 07:31p 13%| +------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+ |Sun 27| 07:55a 05:05p 09:10 | 06:14p 06:46a | Set 08:48p 22%| |Mon 28| 07:56a 05:04p 09:08 | 06:13p 06:47a | Set 10:09p 32%| |Tue 29| 07:57a 05:04p 09:06 | 06:13p 06:48a | Set 11:28p 43%| |Wed 30| 07:58a 05:04p 09:05 | 06:13p 06:49a |F Qtr Set 12:44a 54%| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Nautical Twilight ** Moonrise or moonset, whichever occurs between sunrise and sunset
Generated using my LookingUp for DOS program.
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