Astroblog: Thursday November 27 to Thursday December 4

Monday, November 24, 2025

Thursday November 27 to Thursday December 4

The First Quarter Moon is Friday November 28. The Lunar X is visible on the 27th. Saturn is high in the north-western sky and is close to the waxing moon on the 28th. Jupiter is visible in the morning sky near the bright star Pollux. Jupiter is rising before midnight but is still best in the morning.

The First Quarter Moon is Friday November 28. The Lunar X is visible on the 27th.The Moon is at Perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on the 4th.

Northern twilight sky on the morning of Saturday, November 29 as seen from Adelaide at 04:51 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).

Jupiter is passing through Gemini and is near the bright star Pollux. Jupiter forms a slightly battered line with the bright stars Castor, Pollux and Procyon.

The inset is the telescopic view Jupiter at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).

Western sky on the evening of Thursday, November 27 as seen from Adelaide at 21:15 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).

The Lunar X and V are visible on the nearly first Quarter Moon (see telescopic view inset)

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).

North-western sky on Saturday, November 29 as seen from Adelaide at 21:56 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Saturn is slightly west of due north. The waxing Moon is near Saturn.

The inset shows the telescopic view of Saturn at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

Eastern sky on Saturday, November 29 as seen from Adelaide at 23:56 ACDST. Jupiter is rising.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time.

Whole sky on Saturday, November 29 as seen from Adelaide at 21:56 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Saturn is in the northwest near the waxing Moon.

Bright Canopus and Sirius are rising, along with Orion. The galactic core is setting in the western sky.

The Southern Cross is low in the Southern sky. The moon is waxing and the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming harder to see.

Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

Mercury is lost in the twilight

Venus is lost in the twilight glow.

Mars is lost in the twilight.

Jupiter climbs in the morning twilight and is now rising just before midnight. Jupiter forms a slightly battered line with the bright stars Castor, Pollux and Procyon.

Saturn is the brightest object in the north-western skies. It is close to the waxing Moon on the 29th.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.

Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.

Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.

Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/

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