Sky Tonight
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What’s Visible Tonight — November 14–15
- Sunset
- 12:14
- Stargazing
- 13:18–01:15
- Sunrise
- 02:19
Moon
Waxing Crescent · 27% illuminatedVisible 13:18–16:27
Moonlight won’t interfere during this observing window. How clearly you can see faint stars depends mainly on local light pollution.
Lunar highlights: Mare Crisium, Mare Tranquillitatis
Tonight’s Highlights
Mars / Jupiter — close planet pairing. observing window 20:50–01:15.
Saturn, the ringed planet, is suitable for observing now. It is a naked-eye target, with a telescope revealing its rings.
Andromeda Galaxy (M31) can be observed now. Under dark skies, binoculars reveal its bright central region.
The star cluster Pleiades (M45), a familiar pattern of stars, is already a good observing target. Binoculars show more stars.
Orion Nebula (M42), a bright nebula, is a good evening target from around 18:20. Binoculars are useful, with darker skies helping.
Beehive Cluster (M44), an open cluster of stars, is worth observing from around 19:30. Binoculars bring out its stars.
Venus, a bright planet, is a later-night target, around 00:40. The naked eye is enough.
Coming Up
Leonids — peak approaching around November 18. The shower is active. A useful dark-sky window is about 21:15–00:35 local time; watch with the naked eye. Bright moonlight may make fainter meteors harder to see tonight.
Constellations to Spot Tonight
Cassiopeia: Five stars trace a distinctive W. The pattern is toward the north-west now; it remains favorably placed until around 00:40.
Taurus: Aldebaran marks one arm of the V-shaped Hyades. The pattern is toward the south-east now; it remains favorably placed until around 00:40.
Pegasus: The Great Square includes Alpheratz, which belongs to Andromeda. The pattern is toward the south-west now; it remains favorably placed until around 20:30.
Solar System Objects
Close Approaches
Mars near Jupiter — closest 1.19°
15 November 2026 at 15:51
