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November Night Sky: 2025’s Biggest Supermoon, Comet Lemmon Nears Perihelion, Taurid Fireball Risk

Observers can also zero in on Saturn’s nearly edge‑on rings and a brightening Jupiter as the giant planet shifts into retrograde later in the month.

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Elongated galaxy
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Gas giants Saturn (left) and Jupiter are some of the planetary highlight's in this month's sky. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute (Saturn); Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS (Jupiter)

Overview

  • The full Beaver Moon peaks Nov. 5–6 as the year’s largest supermoon and the biggest since 2019, with a striking evening rise and extra brightness.
  • Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) makes its closest solar pass on Nov. 8 and, though fading, may still show a diffuse green glow in dark northern skies through binoculars.
  • The Southern Taurids open the month with low hourly counts but an elevated chance of bright fireballs, with a potential outburst around Nov. 3 in this swarm year.
  • Saturn stands high after dusk with rings tipped only about 0.4° to our line of sight, while Jupiter becomes a prime late‑night target as it begins retrograde on Nov. 11.
  • Mercury meets Mars low in western twilight on Nov. 12 for a tight conjunction, then trends toward its best morning visibility near Nov. 30.