SkyWatch: November 2025

Dates and times are Universal Time
Positions are geocentric J2000
Pluto's position is astrometric, i.e., it accounts for the approx. 6 hour light-time
Elongations are in degrees
Calculations by Brian D. Warner

Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)

Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0;    Adelaide, Australia =  +138 –34 +9.5)

Longitude   Latitude   UTOffset  

Sun Information

Currently (Fri, 2025 Nov 28 17:08 UT)
RA 16 17 05.5
Dec -21 19 52.1
X -0.395480
Y -0.829235
Z -0.359456
R 0.986531

Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Civil Twilight (CT): Sun 6º below horizon
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon

Local
Date
AT
Start
NT
Start
CT
Start
Sun
Rise
Sun
Set
CT
End
NT
End
AT
End
2025 Nov 27   05:2205:5406:2706:5616:3717:0717:4018:12
2025 Nov 28   05:2205:5506:2806:5716:3717:0617:3918:12
2025 Nov 29   05:2305:5506:2806:5816:3717:0617:3918:11

 


Moon Information


Currently (Fri, 2025 Nov 28 17:08 UT)
RA          22 53 09.7
Dec -07 20 21.4
Phase 0.549  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.960 degrees
Diameter 31.40 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 99E

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)

UT DateRiseTransitSet
2025 Nov 2712:2317:5023:50
2025 Nov 2812:4818:3601:03
2025 Nov 2913:1119:2202:19

Phases for 2025

New First Full Last
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Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44

Planet Information


Currently (Fri, 2025 Nov 28 17:08 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         16 17 05.5   -21 19 52.1       
Opposition 04 17 05.5 +21 19 52.1 180E 16:35 23:45 06:56
Mercury 15 14 52.5 -15 30 34.1 16W 05:38 10:42 15:47
Venus 15 38 23.2 -18 38 40.5 9W 06:13 11:07 15:58
Mars 17 03 37.5 -23 26 56.8 11E 07:56 12:30 16:59
Jupiter 07 45 00.2 +21 24 01.3 132W 20:04 03:13 10:23
Saturn 23 44 40.0 -04 14 59.3 109E 13:16 19:02 00:41
Uranus 03 46 25.4 +19 41 06.8 173E 16:12 23:15 06:18
Neptune 23 58 40.1 -01 37 13.3 113E 13:22 19:16 01:03
Pluto 20 18 32.0 -23 29 32.2 55E 11:00 15:37 20:07

 

Selected Positions for November 2025
                Nov 01 2025                       Nov 16 2025                       Nov 30 2025
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Sun 14 24 21.2 -14 19 24.1 15 24 32.5 -18 39 02.1 17 33 28.5 -23 17 45.4
Opposition 02 24 21.2 +14 19 24.1 180E 03 24 32.5 +18 39 02.1 180E 05 33 28.5 +23 17 45.4 180E
Mercury 15 57 22.8 -23 24 35.3 24E 16 04 41.5 -21 44 11.0 10E 16 12 57.3 -19 43 28.7 19W
Venus 13 24 22.3 -07 16 47.8 16W 14 35 49.0 -14 00 10.0 13W 17 10 57.9 -22 50 00.2 5W
Mars 15 38 56.2 -19 53 38.6 19E 16 24 13.3 -22 09 09.2 14E 18 00 42.8 -24 13 02.8 6E
Jupiter 07 46 09.5 +21 17 00.9 104W 07 46 50.4 +21 17 28.1 119W 07 39 01.6 +21 41 17.2 151W
Saturn 23 47 09.0 -04 04 37.4 137E 23 45 13.0 -04 14 13.9 121E 23 45 37.0 -04 04 43.3 91E
Uranus 03 51 05.9 +19 55 26.8 159W 03 48 35.6 +19 47 48.5 174W 03 43 34.0 +19 32 11.5 154E
Neptune 00 00 04.6 -01 28 59.5 141E 23 59 08.5 -01 34 36.5 126E 23 58 32.1 -01 37 21.0 95E
Pluto 20 16 48.5 -23 35 31.8 83E 20 17 34.4 -23 32 45.3 68E 20 20 17.1 -23 23 56.2 38E