Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Monday, November 12th.  The sun will rise at 7:35.  It’ll be up for 9 hours and 41 minutes, setting at 5:17.   The moon, 1 day before new, will rise at 7:15 tomorrow morning.

This is the date of the peak of the Northern Taurid Meteor Shower.  This shower has a long duration, from late October to early December.  Taurus is up all night, so the meteors will be seen all night, but more numerous in the morning.  There won’t be many of them, maybe 5 an hour, but they are very slow moving, only 29 kilometers per second or 18 miles per second, about half the speed of other meteors.  It has more than its share of very bright meteors.  These meteors are thought to have their origin with Comet Encke.  Encke is the comet with the shortest period known, only 3.3 years.  The peak will last several days, and there’s even an expectation of a swarm, a higher number or meteors, that might be visible during this period.

Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

Addendum

The Taurid Radiant.