2025, November 7: Moon and Bull’s Eye

November 7, 2025: The moon seems close to Aldebaran, the Bull’s eye, earlier than dawn and practically eclipses the star Elnath after sundown.

by Jeffrey L. Hunt

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:31 a.m. CST; Sunset, 4:37 p.m. CST.  Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA laptop program. Check native sources for dawn and sundown instances.

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VENUS AS A MORNING STAR, 2025

Morning Moon

This morning the moon passes Aldebaran, Taurus brightest star that marks the Bull’s eye in celestial paintings.

During early twilight, about an hour earlier than dawn, the brilliant gibbous moon, 95% illuminated, is lower than midway from the west horizon and overhead.  It is in entrance of Taurus, over 10° to the higher proper of Aldebaran.

The star is the ninth brightest star seen from the mid-northern latitudes and the seventh brightest at this hour, not together with planets Venus and Jupiter. Its title means “the follower,” additionally attributed to the close by Hyades star cluster, in that it follows the Pleiades throughout the sky. The cluster is sort of 15° to Aldebaran’s decrease proper, although the moonlight washes it out with out a binocular’s help.

Aldebaran’s red-orange shade tells us its temperature, not as sizzling because the solar’s 10,000° F photosphere – the solar’s obvious floor.  Its estimated measurement is over 10 instances the solar’s diameter and it shines with the depth of over 150 suns.  All from a distance of about 70 gentle years.

Watch the moon seem larger within the west from morning to morning over the subsequent a number of nights.

Night Moon

Meanwhile the lunar orb rises later, tonight over two hours after dusk.  An hour later, it’s practically 15° up within the east-northeast and the identical distance to the decrease proper of Aldebaran.

The moon is close to Elnath, the Bull’s northern horn.  For sky watchers in South America and Africa, the moon occults (eclipses) the star.

If you sky watch earlier than dawn, discover the moon considerably close to Aldebaran or close to considered one of its horns after sundown.

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