The night sky this month: November 2026

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What to look up for this month, using NASA and U.S. Naval Observatory pages only: NASA's monthly What's Up guide, the meteor shower at its peak, the dates of the Moon's phases, a sky event worth joining, and NASA's daily astronomy picture. The month's video is at the top; the slots are replaced with the next month's pages when they are published.

6 links/In the curator’s chosen order

Link 1What's Up this month (NASA)–

What's Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips

NASA JPL's monthly guide: the Taurids, the Leonids before dawn on November 17–18, Mars and Jupiter 1.2 degrees apart on November 15–16, and the November 24 supermoon. The video transcript and sky charts are on the page.

science.nasa.gov

Link 2Meteor shower–

Leonids meteor shower: fast facts

NASA's page on the Leonids: active November 6 to 30, 2026, with the peak night November 16–17. It explains the parent comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle and the Leonid storms that come roughly every 33 years.

science.nasa.gov

Link 3Moon phases–

Dates of the Moon's primary phases (USNO)

The U.S. Naval Observatory's table of the month's phases in Universal Time: New Moon November 9, First Quarter November 17 and Full Moon November 24. Change the date to see later months.

aa.usno.navy.mil

Link 4Sky event: Voyager's light-day–

Join NASA's Voyager 1 one-light-day activities

Voyager 1 reaches one light-day from Earth on November 18. NASA invites everyone to flash a light for "Shine Bright for Voyager's Light-Day" after sunset on November 17, and JPL hosts a talk on November 19.

nasa.gov

Link 5Astronomy Picture of the Day–

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

A different image of the universe every day, explained by a professional astronomer, with the full archive and calendar. November's pictures have included the Moon, Venus and Spica together.

science.nasa.gov

Link 6Find a star party–

NASA's Night Sky Network

Over 400 U.S. astronomy clubs, searchable by location for upcoming public events, plus the monthly Night Sky Notes. November's is about Voyager's light-day.

science.nasa.gov