Mercury: Mercury will be close to the Sun in the western horizon and its only after 15th of November that Mercury will be little easy to detect in the evening sky after sunset.
On 20th Mercury will be 1degree and 40 minutes of red planet Mars. The planet Mars will be north east of Mercury.
| Date | Set |
| 01/11/10 | 06:25:00 PM |
| 11/11/10 | 06:43:00 PM |
| 21/11/10 | 07:03:00 PM |
Venus: Venus will be in a good altitude to observe from second week of November. In the constellation of Virgo Venus will be in thin crescent phase and towards the end of the month, about 20 percent of the planet will be illuminated.
| Date | Rise |
| 01/11/10 | 05:51:00 AM |
| 11/11/10 | 04:53:00 AM |
| 21/11/10 | 04:10:00 AM |
Mars: Mars will be visible in the western just after sunset. As the planet is close to the Sun, it will be difficult to make any detailed observation of the planet.
| Date | Set |
| 01/11/10 | 07:22:00 PM |
| 11/11/10 | 07:12:00 PM |
| 21/11/10 | 07:02:00 PM |
Jupiter and Uranus: These two planets are well placed for observations as they will be close to Zenith at the time of sunset. Both planets will remain in this favorable position for observations all month.
Saturn: Saturn in now a morning planet. It will be well placed for observation in the later part of the month as it will rise to a comfortable altitude before twilight.
| Date | Rise |
| 01/11/10 | 04:24:00 AM |
| 11/11/10 | 03:49:00 AM |
| 21/11/10 | 03:14:00 AM |
Neptune: Neptune in the constellation of Capricornus is also well placed for observations.
| Date | Set |
| 01/11/10 | 01:22:00 AM |
| 11/11/10 | 12:43:00 AM |
| 21/11/10 | 12:04:00 AM |
Phases of Moon:
New moon: 06/11/10
First quarter: 13/11/10
Full moon: 21/11/10
Last quarter: 28/11/10
Sun: The Sun will be in the constellation of Libra most part of the month and will move to Scorpio at the end of the month.
Leonids Meteor Shower:
This year there is some good news and little bad news regarding the Leonids shower. First the good news, the Maximum of the Leonids this year will happen at 2:45am IST on 18th November, making it a high probability of observing large number of meteors. Little bad news is that Moon will be at the western horizon, Moon will be close to Full phase and on 18th it will be bright with 85 percent illuminated, it will set at 3:15am. For best results its best to observe on 17th to 19th . Leo will rise at 12am.
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