Diary of Astronomical Phenomena
All times are in UTC, the civil “wall-clock” time-scale (without daylight savings)
November 2023
dd hh
02 05 Moon furthest north (+28.3°)
03 04 Jupiter at opposition
03 13 Castor 5.7° north of the Moon
03 18 Pollux 2.3° north of the Moon
04 21 Beehive cluster 3.2° south of the Moon
05 09 Last quarter Moon
06 00 S Taurid meteor shower
06 19 Regulus 3.1° south of the Moon
06 22 Moon at apogee (404569 km)
09 10 Venus occulted by the Moon
11 07 Spica 1.6° south of the Moon
11 09 Moon at descending node
13 00 N Taurid meteor shower
13 09 New Moon
13 18 Uranus at opposition
14 21 Antares occulted by the Moon
16 15 Moon furthest south (-28.3°)
16 21 Mercury 2.5° north of Antares
18 05 Mars in conjunction with the Sun
18 06 Leonid meteor shower
20 11 First quarter Moon
20 17 Saturn 3.4° north of the Moon
21 21 Moon at perigee (369824 km)
22 09 Neptune 2.0° north of the Moon
24 11 Moon at ascending node
25 10 Jupiter 1.7° south of the Moon
26 09 Uranus 1.8° south of the Moon
27 02 Pleiades 1.5° north of the Moon
27 09 Full Moon
28 09 Venus at perihelion
29 10 Venus 3.9° north of Spica
29 14 Moon furthest north (+28.2°)
30 22 Castor 5.5° north of the Moon
December 2023
dd hh
01 03 Pollux 2.0° north of the Moon
02 09 Beehive cluster 3.0° south of the Moon
04 05 Regulus 3.2° south of the Moon
04 14 Mercury at greatest elongation (21.3° east)
04 19 Moon at apogee (404348 km)
05 06 Last quarter Moon
08 17 Spica 1.2° south of the Moon
08 15 Moon at descending node
09 15 Venus 4.2° north of the Moon
13 00 New Moon
13 22 Moon furthest south (-28.2°)
14 04 Mercury 4.9° north of the Moon
14 19 Geminid meteor shower
16 19 Moon at perigee (367900 km)
18 01 Saturn 2.7° north of the Moon
19 15 Neptune 2.1° north of the Moon
19 19 First quarter Moon
20 17 Mercury at perihelion
21 14 Moon at ascending node
22 03 Winter solstice
22 12 Jupiter 1.4° south of the Moon
22 19 Mercury at inferior conjunction
23 03 Ursid meteor shower
23 13 Uranus 1.7° south of the Moon
24 09 Pleiades 1.9° north of the Moon
26 22 Moon furthest north (+28.1°)
27 01 Full Moon
28 05 Castor 5.8° north of the Moon
28 12 Pollux 2.6° north of the Moon
29 15 Beehive cluster 2.7° south of the Moon
31 13 Regulus 2.6° south of the Moon