The "Roses" of Autumn

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3 Mercury at greatest morning elongation (18 degrees from the sun)—the best chance to see Mercury at dawn (low in the east about 45 minutes before sunrise) in 1996; at this dawn and next, close conjunction of brilliant Venus and Leo's bright heartstar, Regulus (look high in the southeast an hour before sunrise).

4 LAST QUARTER MOON, 8:06 A.M. EDT; St. Francis of Assisi's Day.
7 Moon fairly near Mars this morning.
8 Great Chicago Fire started, 1871.
9 Moon fairly near Venus this morning; Leif Eriksson Day.
12 NEW MOON, 10:16 A.M. EDT; partial eclipse of the sun, visible from parts of eastern Canada (see text).
13 150 years ago, a great hurricane caused major damage from the Florida Keys and Florida inland all the way to Pennsylvania.
14 Columbus Day (observed); Thanksgiving Day in Canada; Native Americans Day in South Dakota.
17 Uranus 5.7 degrees east of Neptune—the closest together they will be this year, and for almost two centuries to come. (Use binoculars and finder chart from April issue of Sky e'r Telescope magazine.)
18 Moon fairly near Jupiter this evening; Alaska Day; start of St. Luke's Little Summer.
19 FIRST QUARTER MOON, 2:10 P.M. EDT.
21 Orionid meteor shower at its peak before dawn this morning—look for these very swift, mostly dim "shooting stars" to fly out from the south around 4-6 A.M.
22 Sun enters astrological sign Scorpio, 7 P.M. EDT.
23 Moon near Saturn tonight; the swallows leave San Juan Capistrano.
25 Temperature hit -10° Fin Bismarck this day in 1919.
26 FULL MOON, 10:12 A.M. EDT—Hunter's Moon; four inches of snow fell in New York City this day in 1859.
27 Set clocks back one hour—at 2 A.M.—to switch from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time.
29 This morning and next, golden orange Mars is near the similarly bright but bluish white star Regulus.
30 Sun leaves Virgo, enters Libra, 10 A.M. EST; Donora Smog Disaster: 20 people died from the effects of smog in Pennsylvania's Monongahela Valley over a five-day period in 1947.
31 Halloween (All Hallows Eve); Nevada Day. November 19961 All Saints Day; Samhain (pronounced "savin"); Mercury at superior conjunction with the sun.
2 All Souls Day.
3 LAST QUARTER MOON, 2:52 A.M. EST.
4 Will Rogers Day in Oklahoma; Great Vermont Flood of 1927 killed 84 people.
5 Election Day; Moon fairly near Mars this morning; Guy Fawkes Day.
7 Midway point of autumn; in 1940, the Narrows Bridge at Tacoma, Washington, started vibrating in wind and collapsed.
8 Moon fairly near Venus this morning.
9 In 1913, storm on the Great Lakes sank eight ore carriers, killing 200 people.
10 NEW MOON, 11:17 P.M. EST.
11 Veterans Day (originally World War I Armistice Day); Martinmas.
13 First cloudseeding experiment, in Massachusetts, produced snow flurries in Berkshires on this day in 1946.
14 Moon near Jupiter this evening.
15 This day in 1900, 45 inches of snow fell in 24 hours in Watertown, New York.
16 Watch for possibly quite strong Leonid meteor shower tomorrow morning before dawn.
17 FIRST QUARTER MOON, 8:10 P.M. EST.
18 Venus rather close to star Spica this morning.
19 Discovery Day in Puerto Rico.
20 Moon near Saturn this evening.
21 Sun enters astrological sign Sagittarius, 8 P.M. EST.
22 Sun enters constellation Scorpius, 3 P.M. EST.
24 FULL MOON, 11:11 P.M. EST—Frosty Moon or Beaver Moon; John F. Kennedy Day in Massachusetts; Pluto at conjunction with the sun.
25 St. Catherine's Day.
28 Thanksgiving Day (latest possible—Thanksgiving is held the fourth Thursday in November).
29 Sun enters Ophiuchus, 11 A.M. EST; Saturn's rings now tilted only 3 degrees from edge-on—the least we'll see them tilted for about a dozen years.

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