# Night sky news, November 6, 2026: moon, events, aurora

Waning Crescent, 4% lit. 1 sky event this week and 5 sourced news items for November 6, 2026.

## The sky on November 6, 2026

**Moon.** 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.

### Visible this week

- [Aurora Outlook: Solar Cycle 25 Decline](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/aurora-outlook-2026-2028), September 24, 2026 to December 31, 2028. Northern US states and all of Canada; strong geomagnetic storms can push visibility as far south as the mid-latitude US.

**Aurora outlook.** 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: [NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index).

## Sourced stories

### [Hera probe gets 1st good look at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/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)

Source: [Space.com](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)

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.

### [Giant exoplanet emerges from the dark when the James Webb Space Telescope turns out the starlight](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-06/giant-exoplanet-emerges-from-the-dark-when-the-james-webb-space-telescope-turns-out-the-starlight)

Source: [Space.com](https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/giant-exoplanet-emerges-from-the-dark-when-the-james-webb-space-telescope-turns-out-the-starlight)

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.

### [M30’s Sparkling Stars](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-06/m30-s-sparkling-stars)

Source: [NASA (all news)](https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/m30s-sparkling-stars/)

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.

### [Don't miss: Meteor showers, fireballs, and a supermoon light up November's night sky](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-06/don-t-miss-meteor-showers-fireballs-and-a-supermoon-light-up-november-s-night-sky)

Source: [ScienceDaily (Space & Time)](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261105224547.htm)

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.

### [Northern lights could reach New York and Idaho this weekend as speedy solar wind races toward Earth](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-06/northern-lights-could-reach-new-york-and-idaho-this-weekend-as-speedy-solar-wind-races-toward-earth)

Source: [Space.com](https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/northern-lights-could-reach-new-york-and-idaho-this-weekend-as-speedy-solar-wind-races-toward-earth)

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.

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