# Night sky news, November 14, 2026: moon, events, aurora

Waxing Crescent, 29% lit. 2 sky events this week and 3 sourced news items for November 14, 2026.

## The sky on November 14, 2026

**Moon.** On the evening of November 14, 2026 the Moon is waxing crescent, 29% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 11:33 AM MST and sets at 9:06 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 3.3 over the next 24 hours and 4.7 over the next 3 days. Kp below 4 is quiet: aurora is mostly confined to the far north. Over the next 3 days: Kp 4 is active: aurora is likely in Alaska and northern Canada and may reach the far northern US. Source: [NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index).

## Sourced stories

### [Astronomers stunned after James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest pair of black hole-powered quasars](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-14/astronomers-stunned-after-james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-the-earliest-pair-of-black-hole-powered-quasars)

Source: [Space.com](https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/astronomers-stunned-after-james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-the-earliest-pair-of-black-hole-powered-quasars)

Astronomers found the earliest pair of black hole-powered quasars using the James Webb Space Telescope. The compact quasar pair, designated J1602+4228AB, is seen as it was 900 million years after the Big Bang. It was spotted with the aid of the Gemini North telescope.

### [A cosmic magnifying glass could reveal the same supernova two more times in roughly 70 years](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-14/a-cosmic-magnifying-glass-could-reveal-the-same-supernova-two-more-times-in-roughly-70-years)

Source: [Phys.org (Space News section)](https://phys.org/news/2026-11-cosmic-magnifying-glass-reveal-supernova.html)

Astronomers discovered an exploding star from 4.9 billion years ago using the James Webb Space Telescope. The supernova, named SN Ares, was seen due to gravitational lensing by a massive galaxy cluster. The distorted images of SN Ares are predicted to reappear in roughly 70 years.

### [The Sky Today on Saturday, November 14: Venus and Mercury in Virgo](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-14/the-sky-today-on-saturday-november-14-venus-and-mercury-in-virgo)

Source: [Astronomy.com](https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-saturday-november-14-2026/)

Mercury reappeared in the morning sky after inferior conjunction. It is now magnitude 0.3 and can be found 5° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise. Mercury lies near Venus in Virgo.

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