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NEW moon occurs on Nov. Id. 06h. 02m., U.T., and full moon on Nov. 16d. 18h. 31m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place : Nov. 3d. 17h., Mars 2° N.; Nov. 4d. 20h., Jupiter 4° N.; Nov. 24d. 02h., Saturn 3° S.; Nov . 28d. 06h., Venus 2° N. Mercury rises at 5h. 10m. and 5h. 49m. on Nov. 1 and 15, respectively, and can be seen in the eastern sky. The planet reaches its greatest easterly elongation on Nov. 4. At the end of the month Mercury rises only half an hour before sunrise and is then too close to the sun for observation. Venus rises at 3h. 15m., 3h. 55m. and 4h. 40m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month, respectively, and can be seen in the morning hours, stellar magnitude - 3·5 ; 0·75 to 0·84 of the illuminated disk is visible. Mars is too close to the sun to be favourably observed, setting about l¼ hours after the sun throughout the month. Jupiter sets at 18h. 55m., 18h. 10m. and 17h. 25m. at the beginning, middle and end of the month, respectively, and can be seen low in the western sky ; but it is not favourably placed for observation through the greater portion of the month. Saturn, in the constellation of Leo, rises at Oh. 45m., Oh., and 23h. at the beginning, middle and end of the month, respectively, and is visible throughout the morning hours, stellar magnitude 0.9. Occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 are as follow : Nov. 8d. 17h. 51.1m., 35 Capr. (D) ; Nov. 19d. Olh. 13·1m., 112B Auri. m, (R) ; D and R refer to disappearance and reappearance, respectively, and the latitude of Greenwich is assumed. A total eclipse of the sun takes place on Nov. 1. The eclipse is invisible at Greenwich, but is visible over large portions of the southern hemisphere. The central line passes through lat. + 3° 42', long. – 22° 03', at the beginning of the eclipse and ends at lat. – 43° 23', long. –165° 27'.
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06 November 1948
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The Night Sky in November. Nature 162, 690 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162690b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162690b0