NOVEMBER 2024 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO 17 November 14 MOON PHASES MON SUN TUE WED 15 16 THU 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 FRI 2 9 16 23 Zenith 30 SAT Great Square of Pegasus NEW MOON November 1 12:47 UT FULL MOON November 15 21:29 UT DISTANCES Perigee FIRST QUARTER November 9 05:55 UT LAST QUARTER November 23 01:28 UT November 14, 11h UT 360,109 km Diameter 33′ 11″ Apogee 405,314 km FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Casatus Crater November 26, 12h UT Diameter 29′ 29″ November 14 * Boussingault Crater November 15 * Pontécoulant Crater November 16 * Peirescius D Crater November 17 42 NOVEMBER 2024 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. Exact for latitude 40°N. c i n g γ 23 M31 M33 Hamal A R I E S E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula S E Mars ER I DANUS Mars γ α δ ε ζ β ρ 8h Moon Nov 15 T I C 5h F a c β γ α 2h Fomalhaut F a +60° +60° U R S A o N 1h M A J O R Moon Nov 12 E Q U A T O R i n g ε β α ζ θ OR I ON a F ANDROMEDA α ν β γ β α TRIANGULUM H y a d e s Aldebaran TAURUS i c n s t c a F g n i ε ι β θ E N γ S M81 M82 h t r ο Circlet E C PISCES η L I P α α Double Cluster CAMELOPARDALIS L Y N X Capella α M38 AUR I GA M36 M37 M52 CASS I OPE I A Algol M34 P ERS EUS S C U L P T O R ι η θ Mira α C E T U S τ ο γ β θ α Polaris β γ δ ε β γ α Pleiades Jupiter ε