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November Night Sky: Biggest Supermoon, Taurid Fireball Risk, Fading Green Comets

Early glare from the year's brightest supermoon gives way to darker mid-November nights that favor the Leonids.

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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

  • Nov. 5–6 brings the Full Beaver supermoon, 2025’s largest and brightest full moon, likely washing out faint meteors and deep-sky detail.
  • Southern Taurids ramp up in early November with a possible swarm-related fireball outburst; Northern Taurids follow around Nov. 8–12 with slow, bright meteors.
  • Comet Lemmon approaches its Nov. 8 solar pass and is fading yet still detectable with binoculars in early November; Comet SWAN sits low near the southern horizon after sunset for binocular viewers.
  • The Leonids peak overnight Nov. 16–17 under comparatively dark skies, with roughly 10–20 meteors per hour possible in ideal conditions.
  • Planet watch: Jupiter begins retrograde on Nov. 11, Uranus reaches opposition on Nov. 21 and is binocular-visible in Taurus, Mercury offers its best morning view around Nov. 30, and Saturn remains a prime evening target with a low ring tilt.