Spring
November 2027
Times are computed for Coonabarabran / Siding Spring Observatory (SSO), latitude 31.27 south, longitude 149.06 east. Timezone Australia/Sydney. Early night means sunset until four hours after sunset. That is the window most guided night tours actually use.
Moon
Full Moon 14 November.
New Moon 28 November.
Dark nights 19 October to 2 November, then 17 November to 1 December.
- 19 October to 2 November
- 17 November to 1 December
Mid Month Sky Snapshot
Sunset, twilight and the Moon on the 15th, from Siding Spring Observatory (SSO).
- Sunset
- 7:38 pm
- Civil twilight
- 8:05 pm
- Astronomical twilight
- 9:11 pm
- Moon on the 15th
- Full Moon, 98% lit
- Moonrise
- 9:03 pm
- Moonset
- 6:12 am
Early night planets
Only planets that stand at least about 10 degrees above the horizon at some point between sunset and four hours after sunset. Morning-only planets are not listed.
Venus. Bright in the west after sunset.
Mars. West after sunset.
Saturn. North-east after sunset, north later in the evening.
Worth looking at
Short list for the same early-night window. Objects operators actually point at, not a catalogue dump.
1. Milky Way / Celestial Emu
West after sunset.
Naked eye. Best on Dark Nights.
2. Orion Nebula
East later in the evening.
Binoculars or a small telescope help.
3. Lagoon and Trifid
West after sunset.
Binoculars or a small telescope help.
4. Tarantula and the Large Magellanic Cloud
South-east through the early night.
Naked eye. Binoculars help with the Tarantula.
5. Small Magellanic Cloud
South through the early night.
Naked eye. Binoculars help.
6. 47 Tucanae
South through the early night.
Binoculars.
This page is a sky clock. Pick your time to visit. We wish you clear skies. No guarantees with the weather.
Figures are for the 15th of the month.