The night sky on your birthday: November 17
November 17 is day 322 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 17
On your birthday the Sun stands in front of Libra, even though horoscopes call November 17 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 17
- 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 Dorado; brightest stars high up: Achernar (63°), Canopus (60°) and Rigel (52°).
Meteor showers around November 17
Active on your birthday: Leonids (peak night). 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 17, 2026 the Moon will be first quarter (54% 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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