# Night sky news, November 13, 2026: moon, events, aurora

Waxing Crescent, 21% lit. 2 sky events this week and 3 sourced news items for November 13, 2026.

## The sky on November 13, 2026

**Moon.** On the evening of November 13, 2026 the Moon is waxing crescent, 21% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 10:55 AM MST and sets at 8:05 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 3.7 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

### [Tears of the Lion: Catching the 2026 Leonid Meteors](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-13/tears-of-the-lion-catching-the-2026-leonid-meteors)

Source: [Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/articles/tears-of-the-lion-catching-the-2026-leonid-meteors)

The Leonid meteor shower occurs around November 17. The shower can produce a few meteors every year, with enhanced activity possible in the late 2020s. The Leonid meteor shower has storm potential every three decades, but 2026 is not expected to be a storm year.

### [A likely supermassive neutron star might shed light on the mass gap between neutron stars and black holes](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-13/a-likely-supermassive-neutron-star-might-shed-light-on-the-mass-gap-between-neutron-stars-and-black-holes)

Source: [Phys.org (Space News section)](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-supermassive-neutron-star-mass-gap.html)

Astronomers found a red giant star with an unseen binary companion. The companion object was identified using data from the LAMOST and APOGEE telescopes. The object's gravitational effects on the red giant star are visible, though it cannot be observed directly.

### [60 years ago the Leonid meteor shower produced 144,000 meteors per hour. Could it happen again?](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-13/60-years-ago-the-leonid-meteor-shower-produced-144-000-meteors-per-hour-could-it-happen-again)

Source: [Space.com](https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/60-years-ago-the-leonid-meteor-shower-produced-144-000-meteors-per-hour-could-it-happen-again)

The Leonid meteor shower produced 144,000 meteors per hour 60 years ago. This year marks the anniversary of that display, which was visible in the central and western US. The 2026 Leonids may bring another significant display of shooting stars.

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