Planet Mars, the red planet, rises in the east-northeast at 8:23 tonight and an hour earlier in mid-November. Mars joins brilliant planet Jupiter and yellowish Saturn as all-night planets during the coming fortnight. The moon is our guide to locating our solar system neighbors as October turns to November. Find Saturn above the waxing crescent moon on Monday, October 31 and closer above the first quarter (half) moon on November 1. On November 4, the moon travels the sky close below Jupiter and, on November 10 and 11, the waning gibbous moon appears in the vicinity of Mars.
Of quotidian concern to all regional Earthlings: Eastern Daylight Time falls away next Saturday overnight, November 5 to 6. Set clocks back one hour to awaken on Sunday, November 6 to Eastern Standard Time (EST).
It would be easy to sleep through the eclipse of the Full Frost Moon that begins before dawn on Election Day, Wednesday, November 8—and how easy to observe at least parts of the drama as the white orb fades to red-orange under Earth’s shadow. From faintest beginning to total eclipse to return to the fully visible moon transpires from 3:02 a.m. EST to 8:56 a.m. EST. In our locale, moonset on the 8th is 6:41 a.m., coinciding with totality. To see the “blood moon” setting, prepare to be at a location with an unobstructed view to the west-northwest around 6 a.m. Follow the diagrams, above, to choose your viewing times.
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Join me at the Under One Sky conference, November 11-12, a 24-hour virtual worldwide conference of the International Dark Sky Association (IDA). Dark sky awareness presentations and engagement workshops led by experts and storytellers in the dark sky movement from IDA’s global network. Learn hands-on activities and tools to draw on to support the protection of the night: to save energy, save wildlife, safeguard human health, and see the stars. Admission is free, registration is required.
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