Eyes on the Sky Update
Monday, Nov. 7 – Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022
Monday, Nov. 7 – Mars between the horns of Taurus, one-third of the way up the sky in the east at 10 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 8 – Total Eclipse of the Moon: partial phase starts at 4:09 a.m. with moon in west, total lunar eclipse begins at 5:16 a.m., mid-eclipse at 5:59 a.m., sunrise at 6:38 a.m., total eclipse ends at 6:42 a.m., moon sets in west-northwest at 6:45 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 9 – Waning gibbous moon, one day past full, appears near the Pleiades star cluster.
Thursday, Nov. 10 – Moon appears near Mars, the pair is low in the east-northeast at 7 p.m., then halfway up the sky in the east at 10 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 11 – By 6 a.m., Moon now appears closer to Mars, the planet appears just to the left of the moon, pair now in west.
Saturday, Nov. 12 – As sky darkens, Jupiter and Saturn are at a similar altitude with Jupiter in southeast and Saturn in south.
Sunday, Nov. 13 – Stars of the Big Dipper very low over northern horizon around 8 p.m.
Editor’s Note: Richard Monda, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy, publishes updates to his HVCC Eyes on the Sky video series each week in the Campus Chronicle.