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Ephemeris: 11/01/2023 – It’s 11/1, do you know where your naked-eye planets are?

November 1, 2023 Comments off

This is Ephemeris for Wednesday, November 1st. The Sun will rise at 8:20. It’ll be up for 10 hours and 11 minutes, setting at 6:31. The Moon, halfway from full to last quarter, will rise at 8:58 this evening.

Let’s find out where the naked-eye planets have wandered off to this week. Three of those five planets are now visible, but Mars and Mercury set too close to sunset to be seen. Saturn is the sole official evening planet visible. It can be spotted in the southeast to south in the evening. And it will still be visible in the morning hours until it sets at 2:21 am. Saturn is seen against the stars of Aquarius this year and next. Jupiter and Venus are the visible morning planets. Jupiter, still a morning planet for one more day, will rise at 6:34 pm. It’s in Aries this year. Jupiter has to rise before sunset to be an evening planet. Venus, the brilliant morning star, will rise in the east-northeast at 4:18 am.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT –4 hours). They may be different for your location.

Addendum

Jupiter and Saturn with the rising waning gibbous Moon tonight at 9 pm, November 1st, 2023. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium.
The waning gibbous Moon halfway from full to last quarter at 10 pm tonight, November 1, 2023. Created using Stellarium, LibreOffice Draw, and GIMP.
Morning planets and the Moon at 7 am tomorrow, November 2, 2023. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using Stellarium.
Telescopic Saturn, Jupiter and Venus (north up) as they would be seen in a small telescope, with the same magnification. At 10 pm November 1, 2023, for Saturn and Jupiter, and 7 am on the 2nd, for Venus. Apparent diameters: Saturn 17.77″, its rings 41.40″; Jupiter 49.50″; and Venus 21.80″ and is 55.4% illuminated. The ” symbol means seconds of arc (1/3600th of a degree.) Created using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
The naked-eye planets and the Moon at sunset and sunrise on a single night, starting with sunset on the right on November 1, 2023. The night ends on the left with sunrise on the 2nd. Click or tap on the image to enlarge it. Created using my LookingUp app and GIMP.
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