The November 2026 night sky: what to see this month
November's night-sky highlights — a dark New-Moon window on the 9th and 2 meteor showers, and how to plan around them.
Here's what's worth looking up for in November 2026 — the Moon's dark window, the meteor showers and eclipses to plan around, and the constellations and Milky Way on show.
These are the month's globally-true highlights. For the exact times the sky goes dark, the Moon rises and sets, and each target is best placed from your own spot, let Stella compute it for your location.
The Moon: your dark-sky window
The Moon is the biggest lever on what's visible. Your darkest skies fall around the New Moon on Nov 9 — plan Milky Way and deep-sky nights for the week around it. The Full Moon on Nov 24 floods the sky, so switch then to the Moon itself, the planets, and double stars.
- Last Quarter — Nov 1
- New Moon — Nov 9
- First Quarter — Nov 17
- Full Moon — Nov 24
Meteor showers
2 showers peak in November. Get to the darkest site you can, lie back to take in as much sky as possible, and give your eyes 20 minutes to adapt.
- Southern Taurids — peaks around Nov 5 (up to ~5/hr). Few but often bright, slow fireballs.
- Leonids — peaks around Nov 17 (up to ~15/hr). Fast meteors with rare, historic storms.
What else is up
Pegasus and Andromeda ride high while the Pleiades and Taurus return to the evening sky.
The Milky Way's bright core is below the horizon at night this month — it's a season for star clusters, the Moon, planets, and the brighter constellations.
Which planets are well placed, and exactly when each target rises and sets, depends on your date and location — Stella computes that for your sky so you're not trusting a one-size-fits-all chart.
Stop guessing what tonight holds — Stella reads your sky and tells you when to go.
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