NOVEMBER 2021 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart November 11 15 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. 28 25 MOON PHASES MON SUN 1 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 NASA / LRO TUE 3 10 17 24 WED 4 11 18 25 THU 5 12 19 26 FRI 6 13 20 27 Zenith SAT Great Square of Pegasus NEW MOON November 4 21:15 UT FULL MOON November 19 08:57 UT DISTANCES Perigee FIRST QUARTER November 11 12:46 UT γ LAST QUARTER November 27 12:28 UT November 5, 22h UT 358,844 km Diameter 33′ 18″ Apogee 406,279 km Diameter 29′ 25″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Vashakidze Crater November 21, 02h UT -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month November 11 * Mare Humboldtianum November 15 * Andersson Crater * Catalan Crater 42 NOVEMBER 2021 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star November 25 November 28 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 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 Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula I C S E Mars γ ρ α δ ε ζ β 8h Moon Nov 18 E 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 14 E Q U A T O R L I P T i n g ε β α θ ζ 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 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 PISCES η α ι η β θ οMira γ α C E T U S τ ER I DANUS θ α Polaris β γ δ ε β γ α Pleiades ε Circlet