{ "title": "Night sky news, November 12, 2026: moon, events, aurora", "description": "Waxing Crescent, 14% lit. 2 sky events this week and 5 sourced news items for November 12, 2026.", "canonicalUrl": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12", "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "/" }, { "name": "Nightly News", "url": "/nightly-news" }, { "name": "2026-11-12", "url": "/nightly-news/2026-11-12" } ], "updated": "2026-11-12T23:02:00.813Z", "data": { "date": "2026-11-12", "sky": { "location": "Denver, Colorado", "moon": { "phase": "Waxing Crescent", "illuminationPct": 14, "moonrise": "2026-11-12T17:11:34.322Z", "moonset": "2026-11-13T02:07:10.212Z", "text": "On the evening of November 12, 2026 the Moon is waxing crescent, 14% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 10:11 AM MST and sets at 7:07 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" }, { "id": "meteor-leonids-2026", "title": "Leonids Meteor Shower Peak 2026", "date": "2026-11-17", "end_date": null, "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/meteor-leonids-2026" } ], "aurora": { "maxKp24h": 1.67, "maxKp3d": 3.33, "text": "The highest predicted Kp is 1.7 over the next 24 hours and 3.3 over the next 3 days. Kp below 4 is quiet: aurora is mostly confined to the far north.", "source": { "name": "NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center", "url": "https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index" } } }, "items": [ { "id": "2026-11-12-apod-2026-november-11-ngc-4449-small-galaxy-big-impact", "date": "2026-11-12", "slug": "apod-2026-november-11-ngc-4449-small-galaxy-big-impact", "headline": "APOD: 2026 November 11: NGC 4449: Small Galaxy, Big Impact", "editorial_note_md": "NASA features NGC 4449 as Astronomy Picture of the Day. NGC 4449 is a small galaxy, contrasting with the Milky Way which is about 100,000 light years across. The Milky Way contains hundreds of billions of stars.", "source_name": "NASA (all news)", "source_url": "https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-11-ngc-4449-small-galaxy-big-impact/", "topics_json": "[\"space travel\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-12T23:02:00.813Z", "topics": [ "space travel" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-12-a-planet-mysteriously-vanished-while-astronomers-were-watching-now-they-finally-know-what-happened", "date": "2026-11-12", "slug": "a-planet-mysteriously-vanished-while-astronomers-were-watching-now-they-finally-know-what-happened", "headline": "A Planet Mysteriously Vanished While Astronomers Were Watching, Now They Finally Know What Happened", "editorial_note_md": "TOI-2535 b vanished from astronomers' observations. The hot Jupiter gas giant was observed by astronomers from 2019 until March 2026, when it failed to appear after a series of shorter and shallower transits. Astronomers now believe they know what happened to the planet, located nearly 1,000 light-years from Earth.", "source_name": "The Debrief", "source_url": "https://thedebrief.org/a-planet-mysteriously-vanished-while-astronomers-were-watching-now-they-finally-know-what-happened/", "topics_json": "[\"satellites and astronomy\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-12T23:01:38.025Z", "topics": [ "satellites and astronomy" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-12-nasa-s-hubble-offers-cosmic-sampler-of-targets-for-roman", "date": "2026-11-12", "slug": "nasa-s-hubble-offers-cosmic-sampler-of-targets-for-roman", "headline": "NASA’s Hubble Offers Cosmic Sampler of Targets for Roman", "editorial_note_md": "NASA's Hubble shows potential targets for Roman telescope. The targets are celestial objects that the Roman telescope will study. Roman will conduct a massive survey of the universe.", "source_name": "NASA (all news)", "source_url": "https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-offers-cosmic-sampler-of-targets-for-roman/", "topics_json": "[\"NASA/ESA/CSA missions and funding\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-12T23:01:24.678Z", "topics": [ "NASA/ESA/CSA missions and funding" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-12-the-eclipse-of-the-century-will-plunge-these-8-wonders-of-the-roman-empire-into-darkness-on-aug-2-2027", "date": "2026-11-12", "slug": "the-eclipse-of-the-century-will-plunge-these-8-wonders-of-the-roman-empire-into-darkness-on-aug-2-2027", "headline": "The 'eclipse of the century' will plunge these 8 wonders of the Roman Empire into darkness on Aug. 2, 2027", "editorial_note_md": "A total solar eclipse on Aug 2, 2027, will cross Roman cities. The path of totality will pass over Roman fortresses, theaters, and temples in North Africa. The eclipse will occur before reaching Egypt, where it will also be visible.", "source_name": "Space.com", "source_url": "https://www.space.com/stargazing/solar-eclipses/the-eclipse-of-the-century-will-plunge-these-8-wonders-of-the-roman-empire-into-darkness-on-aug-2-2027", "topics_json": "[\"eclipses\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-12T23:01:03.946Z", "topics": [ "eclipses" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-12-apod-2026-november-12-moon-venus-and-spica-meet", "date": "2026-11-12", "slug": "apod-2026-november-12-moon-venus-and-spica-meet", "headline": "APOD: 2026 November 12: Moon, Venus and Spica Meet", "editorial_note_md": "NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Moon, Venus, and Spica together. The image features the three celestial bodies aligned in the night sky, with Venus and the Moon appearing as crescents. The picture is part of NASA's daily feature of a different image or photograph of the universe.", "source_name": "NASA (all news)", "source_url": "https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-12-moon-venus-and-spica-meet/", "topics_json": "[\"space travel\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-12T23:00:52.133Z", "topics": [ "space travel" ] } ] }, "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": "2026-11-12", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12" } ] } ] } }