# Night sky news, November 12, 2026: moon, events, aurora

Waxing Crescent, 14% lit. 2 sky events this week and 5 sourced news items for November 12, 2026.

## The sky on November 12, 2026

**Moon.** 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.

### 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.
- [Leonids Meteor Shower Peak 2026](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/meteor-leonids-2026), November 17, 2026. Visible throughout the US and Canada, best in the hours after midnight.

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

## Sourced stories

### [APOD: 2026 November 11: NGC 4449: Small Galaxy, Big Impact](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12/apod-2026-november-11-ngc-4449-small-galaxy-big-impact)

Source: [NASA (all news)](https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-11-ngc-4449-small-galaxy-big-impact/)

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.

### [A Planet Mysteriously Vanished While Astronomers Were Watching, Now They Finally Know What Happened](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12/a-planet-mysteriously-vanished-while-astronomers-were-watching-now-they-finally-know-what-happened)

Source: [The Debrief](https://thedebrief.org/a-planet-mysteriously-vanished-while-astronomers-were-watching-now-they-finally-know-what-happened/)

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.

### [NASA’s Hubble Offers Cosmic Sampler of Targets for Roman](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12/nasa-s-hubble-offers-cosmic-sampler-of-targets-for-roman)

Source: [NASA (all news)](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-offers-cosmic-sampler-of-targets-for-roman/)

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.

### [The 'eclipse of the century' will plunge these 8 wonders of the Roman Empire into darkness on Aug. 2, 2027](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12/the-eclipse-of-the-century-will-plunge-these-8-wonders-of-the-roman-empire-into-darkness-on-aug-2-2027)

Source: [Space.com](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)

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.

### [APOD: 2026 November 12: Moon, Venus and Spica Meet](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-12/apod-2026-november-12-moon-venus-and-spica-meet)

Source: [NASA (all news)](https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-12-moon-venus-and-spica-meet/)

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.

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