November 1981

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 20%
9. 2 28%
10. 3 37%
11. 4 First qtr
12. 5 57%
13. 6 67%
14. 7 77%
15. 8 85%
16. 9 93%
17. 10 98%
18. 11 Full
19. 12 99%
20. 13 95%
21. 14 89%
22. 15 80%
23. 16 70%
24. 17 60%
25. 18 Last qtr
26. 19 39%
27. 20 29%
28. 21 21%
29. 22 13%
30. 23 8%
31. 24 3%
32. 25 1%
33. 26 New
34. 27 1%
35. 28 4%
36. 29 8%
37. 30 14%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in November 1981

1. Mon, Nov 210:45 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

2. Wed, Nov 48:09 PM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

3. Fri, Nov 65:01 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Nov 108:53 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

5. Wed, Nov 115:27 PM

   Full Moon Beaver MoonSupermoon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

6. Thu, Nov 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

7. Wed, Nov 189:54 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

8. Fri, Nov 2012:33 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Nov 221:27 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Nov 221:49 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

11. Mon, Nov 2311:15 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Nov 253:21 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Nov 2510:40 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

14. Thu, Nov 262:14 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Nov 269:39 AM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

16. Thu, Nov 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

17. Sat, Nov 281:29 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Nov 293:57 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

19. Mon, Nov 301:59 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.