Tonight is the darkest night of November over Toledo — and the sky is putting on a show to match.

Today, Nov. 9, is the new moon (1:02 a.m. CST), which means the moon is out of the way and the stars and planets get the whole stage. Here’s what to look for over Toledo:

After sunset: Saturn is the lone bright evening planet, sitting about 30 degrees above the east-southeast horizon, its rings tilted about 10 degrees to our line of sight.

Before dawn: Venus — the Morning Star — hangs low in the east-southeast near Spica, Virgo’s brightest star, just 1.2 degrees away. Higher up in the south-southeast, Jupiter and Mars shine near Regulus in Leo, and Mars is closing in on Jupiter ahead of their conjunction Nov. 15–16, when the two planets will sit just 1.2 degrees apart — about two full moons wide.

Meteors, too: The Northern Taurids are active now and peak Nov. 12. Under tonight’s dark new-moon sky, a few slow, bright Taurids may streak by. The Leonids peak Nov. 17–18.

The best viewing window runs Nov. 10–17, in the moonless after-midnight hours, and a four-planet pre-dawn lineup — Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter — runs roughly Nov. 14–25.

Local stargazers can catch the rundown on 13abc’s “Spacing Out” segment today, “November Planets Shine Bright — November 9th 2026.” Then step outside tonight: no telescope required, just a dark spot away from the streetlights and a little patience.

Sources: When the Curves Line Up and EarthSky.

Mars, the Moon, Saturn and Jupiter in conjunction. Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.