Tonight over Milton Keynes · England, UK · Thu 12 Nov
Go out now, look SE: skies look clear.
Saturn is the steady, pale-gold point there. Look about 33° up.
- Moon
- Waxing crescent, 11% lit. Rises 11:05. Sets 17:39. Full Moon Tue 24 Nov.
- Planets
- Saturn in the evening, from 17:01 until 02:21, 39° up in the south · in Cetus
- Mars before dawn, best around 06:21, 53° up in the south · in Leo
- Jupiter before dawn, best around 06:26, 52° up in the south · in Leo
- Venus before dawn, best around 06:56, 17° up in the south-east · in Virgo
- Mercury before dawn, best around 06:56, 10° up in the south-east · in Virgo
- Space Station
- No visible pass tonight.
Next: Fri 17:34 (11° SE); Fri 19:08 (14° SW); Sat 18:21 (28° S)
- Meteors
- Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 Nov (in 5 nights), and a few are already about. Up to about 15 an hour under a perfectly dark sky, Moon 56% lit at the peak. TimeandDate gives the peak as 17–18 Nov; the American Meteor Society says 16–17 Nov.
- Cloud
Taller bars mean more cloud. 1% at the time above. Clearest around 01:00 (0%).
- Aurora
- No aurora expected: Kp up to 1.7, and you'd need about 7 here.
- Sun
- Sunset 16:16 · properly dark 17:34 · first light 06:01 · sunrise 07:19