The Galactic Times

New Moon
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-23

Morning Crescent lower left of Spica
2022-11-20 22:00 - 2022-11-21 00:00 (America/Chicago)

Leonids
2022-11-16 - 2022-11-19
The Moon is too close to where the Leonid meteors will stream from. While it is not the best place to look for meteors, the radiant point where they stream from, it does rather make for washing out the shower all over the sky anyway. Every 33 years the Leonids does get pretty active, from its measly 20 per hour to hundreds or thousands, but this year it will be hard put to even get that 20 visible with the Moon light washing out the Lion’s mouth.

Last Quarter
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-16
Near the Sickle of Leo and above Regulus. This will wipe out the Leonids.

Mars now visible all night
2022-11-14 - 2022-11-15

Moon at Apogee, 2-degrees from Pollux
2022-11-13 02:00

Mars 2-Degrees from Moon
2022-11-11 00:00 - 06:00
Near Beta Tauri. Moon between Mars and Beta–a tight fit!

North Taurid meteor shower peak
2022-11-10 - 2022-11-11
~15 per hour but the just past Full Moon will hide most. Can see some for up to a week before or after.

Uranus at opposition
2022-11-08 - 2022-11-09
Visible from sunset to sunrise. Magnitude +5.6 so technically naked eye.

Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) + Uranus occulted
2022-11-08 03:00 - 10:00
A Dawn event for most, partial begins 4:09 AM EST, 1:09 PST, ends 7:49AM EST IF you can see it, 4:49PST. Totality begins 5:16 AM EST, 2:16 PST, ends 6:42 EST IF you can see it, 3:42 PST. To see all from start to finish be either in East Asia (Japan or east Russia) or west of the Arizona/New Mexico border to MN/ND border line. To all but final partial phases, be west of the line from Lake Michigan to the Texas Gulf Coast.
To find Uranus, look above the eclipsed Moon in the dawn. If you are in the FAR NORTH, like north Greenland, north of Hudson’s Bay, Uranus will occult (cover) the planet.

Daylight Saving Time Ends
2022-11-05 21:00

Saturn evening only planet...
2022-11-05 - 2022-11-06
…sets before midnight from now on.

South Taurid meteor shower peak
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-05
You can see some a week before and after. Best in late morning before twilight. ~10 per hour.

Jupiter 2 Degrees N of Moon Evening
2022-11-04 13:00 - 18:30
Note Jupiter’s 10.6 magnitude difference between nearby Neptune, and the 9.8 magnitude difference the other way compared to the Moon!

Neptune 3-deg N of Moon AM
2022-11-03 19:01 - 2022-11-04 00:00

First Quarter*
2022-11-01 01:30
*But only for US Pacific West Coast observers and points west!

Mars stationary
2022-10-29 - 2022-10-30
Mars begins retrograde, westward motion.

Saturn sets midnight Std Time
2022-10-28 22:59

Moon at Perigee
2022-10-28 - 2022-10-29

New Moon and Partial Solar Eclipse
2022-10-25 06:00 - 08:00
Visible mostly in Europe, NE Africa, Western Russia and Middle East. In North America, only at sunrise at Greenland’s Eastern shoreline and Iceland. Max at northern shores of central Russia, 86%.

Partial Solar Eclipse...
2022-10-25 03:00 - 12:00
Nearest to USA: East Coast of Greenland and Iceland. Otherwise, most of Europe, western Asia, NE Africa.

Saturn ends retrograde motion
2022-10-23 19:00 - 2022-10-24 18:59

Saturn Stationary
2022-10-22 - 2022-10-23
Ends westward retrograde motion, resumes eastward normal motion.

Venus in Solar Conjunction
2022-10-21 - 2022-10-22

Orionid Meteor Shower
2022-10-19 - 2022-10-21

Brilliant Mars 4-deg. from Moon
2022-10-14 18:00 - 2022-10-15 01:00
Watch the Moon and Mars rise together around midnight!

Jupiter now sets before the Sun rises...
2022-10-13 19:00 - 2022-10-14 18:59
….and rises before the Sun sets.

Moon passes by Pleiades
2022-10-13 14:00 - 14:30

Jupiter sets exactly as Mercury rises
2022-10-12 01:00

Uranus emerges from behind Moon
2022-10-11 16:00 - 17:30
Mainly West Coast US and Canada, ~9 California -10 PM Winnipeg, as examples
