{ "title": "Night sky news, November 6, 2026: moon, events, aurora", "description": "Waning Crescent, 4% lit. 1 sky event this week and 5 sourced news items for November 6, 2026.", "canonicalUrl": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-06", "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "/" }, { "name": "Nightly News", "url": "/nightly-news" }, { "name": "2026-11-06", "url": "/nightly-news/2026-11-06" } ], "updated": "2026-11-06T23:00:49.172Z", "data": { "date": "2026-11-06", "sky": { "location": "Denver, Colorado", "moon": { "phase": "Waning Crescent", "illuminationPct": 4, "moonrise": "2026-11-06T11:01:36.472Z", "moonset": "2026-11-06T22:23:54.489Z", "text": "On the evening of November 6, 2026 the Moon is waning crescent, 4% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 4:01 AM MST and sets at 3:23 PM MST. Times are for Denver, Colorado; they shift by minutes to an hour elsewhere in the US and Canada." }, "visibleThisWeek": [ { "id": "aurora-outlook-2026-2028", "title": "Aurora Outlook: Solar Cycle 25 Decline", "date": "2026-09-24", "end_date": "2028-12-31", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/aurora-outlook-2026-2028" } ], "aurora": { "maxKp24h": 5, "maxKp3d": 5, "text": "The highest predicted Kp is 5.0 over the next 24 hours and 5.0 over the next 3 days. Kp 5 or higher means aurora is possible across Canada and the northern US.", "source": { "name": "NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center", "url": "https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index" } } }, "items": [ { "id": "2026-11-06-hera-probe-gets-1st-good-look-at-asteroid-system-clobbered-by-nasa-s-dart-mission-space-photo-of-the-day-for-nov-6-2026", "date": "2026-11-06", "slug": "hera-probe-gets-1st-good-look-at-asteroid-system-clobbered-by-nasa-s-dart-mission-space-photo-of-the-day-for-nov-6-2026", "headline": "Hera probe gets 1st good look at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026", "editorial_note_md": "The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft got its first close-up look at the Didymos binary asteroid system. The image, released on November 5, 2026, shows the main asteroid Didymos and a sliver of its moonlet Dimorphos. The Didymos system was previously impacted by NASA's DART spacecraft in September 2022.", "source_name": "Space.com", "source_url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/hera-probe-gets-1st-good-luck-at-asteroid-system-clobbered-by-nasas-dart-mission-space-photo-of-the-day-for-nov-6-2026", "topics_json": "[\"NASA/ESA/CSA missions and funding\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-06T23:00:49.172Z", "topics": [ "NASA/ESA/CSA missions and funding" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-06-giant-exoplanet-emerges-from-the-dark-when-the-james-webb-space-telescope-turns-out-the-starlight", "date": "2026-11-06", "slug": "giant-exoplanet-emerges-from-the-dark-when-the-james-webb-space-telescope-turns-out-the-starlight", "headline": "Giant exoplanet emerges from the dark when the James Webb Space Telescope turns out the starlight", "editorial_note_md": "The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a giant exoplanet by blocking its star's light. The exoplanet, 51 Eridani b, is a gas giant with 11 times Jupiter's mass, orbiting a star 97 light-years away. It was initially discovered in 2015 by ground-based telescopes.", "source_name": "Space.com", "source_url": "https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/giant-exoplanet-emerges-from-the-dark-when-the-james-webb-space-telescope-turns-out-the-starlight", "topics_json": "[\"satellites and astronomy\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-06T23:00:47.414Z", "topics": [ "satellites and astronomy" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-06-m30-s-sparkling-stars", "date": "2026-11-06", "slug": "m30-s-sparkling-stars", "headline": "M30’s Sparkling Stars", "editorial_note_md": "NASA released a Hubble Space Telescope image of Messier 30. The image shows a collection of stars about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. The stars in Messier 30 provide a lesson in galactic history.", "source_name": "NASA (all news)", "source_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/m30s-sparkling-stars/", "topics_json": "[\"NASA/ESA/CSA missions and funding\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-06T23:00:43.816Z", "topics": [ "NASA/ESA/CSA missions and funding" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-06-don-t-miss-meteor-showers-fireballs-and-a-supermoon-light-up-november-s-night-sky", "date": "2026-11-06", "slug": "don-t-miss-meteor-showers-fireballs-and-a-supermoon-light-up-november-s-night-sky", "headline": "Don't miss: Meteor showers, fireballs, and a supermoon light up November's night sky", "editorial_note_md": "NASA's Voyager 1 reaches a distance of one light-day from Earth. November's night sky features a supermoon, meteor showers, and a close pairing of Mars and Jupiter. The month also includes bright meteor fireballs.", "source_name": "ScienceDaily (Space & Time)", "source_url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261105224547.htm", "topics_json": "[\"meteor showers\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-06T23:00:42.204Z", "topics": [ "meteor showers" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-06-northern-lights-could-reach-new-york-and-idaho-this-weekend-as-speedy-solar-wind-races-toward-earth", "date": "2026-11-06", "slug": "northern-lights-could-reach-new-york-and-idaho-this-weekend-as-speedy-solar-wind-races-toward-earth", "headline": "Northern lights could reach New York and Idaho this weekend as speedy solar wind races toward Earth", "editorial_note_md": "A coronal hole on the sun fires high-speed solar wind toward Earth. The northern lights may be visible in New York and Idaho if moderate geomagnetic storm conditions occur on November 7 and 8. Minor storm conditions are expected between November 6 and 8, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.", "source_name": "Space.com", "source_url": "https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/northern-lights-could-reach-new-york-and-idaho-this-weekend-as-speedy-solar-wind-races-toward-earth", "topics_json": "[\"aurora and space weather\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-06T23:00:40.872Z", "topics": [ "aurora and space weather" ] } ] }, "jsonld": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization", "name": "Dark Skies Directory", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com", "logo": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/apple-touch-icon.png", "member": [ { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#person-peter-benes", "name": "Peter Benes", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/editors/peter-benes", "jobTitle": "Editor", "sameAs": [ "https://benesthemenace.com", "https://travelpec.com/about" ], "worksFor": { "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#person-adrienne-kmetz", "name": "Adrienne Kmetz", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/editors/adrienne-kmetz", "jobTitle": "Editor", "sameAs": [ "https://adriennekmetz.com", "https://attentionoptimization.com" ], "worksFor": { "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization" } } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#website", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com", "name": "Dark Skies Directory", "publisher": { "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Nightly News", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "2026-11-06", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-06" } ] } ] } }