The night sky on your birthday: November 16
November 16 is day 321 of the year. Here is what the sky holds for everyone born on it — and a way to get the real sky above the exact place and hour you were born.
The Sun's constellation on November 16
On your birthday the Sun stands in front of Libra, even though horoscopes call November 16 Scorpio: the zodiac signs were fixed about 2,000 years ago and the sky has drifted since (precession of the equinoxes). Because the Sun is in Libra, that constellation is hidden in daylight on your birthday: you see it best around six months later.
Overhead at midnight on November 16
- Northern hemisphere (40°N — New York, Madrid, Beijing): Perseus, Auriga, Aries and Triangulum; brightest stars high up: Capella (72°), Aldebaran (64°) and Betelgeuse (46°).
- Southern hemisphere (40°S — Melbourne, Buenos Aires region, Wellington): Eridanus, Horologium, Caelum and Fornax; brightest stars high up: Achernar (64°), Canopus (60°) and Rigel (52°).
Meteor showers around November 16
Active on your birthday: Leonids (1 day from peak). On a dark night away from city lights you can make a wish on a real shooting star.
The Moon on your next birthday
On the evening of November 16, 2026 the Moon will be first quarter (45% lit).
The exact sky of the night you were born
These are averages for a latitude. Your own sky depends on the city, the year and the hour: Firmament draws the real stars, constellations, Moon and planets above your birthplace at your birth time, as a print-ready A3 poster — $4.99, delivered instantly as a PDF.
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