Now deeper in Leo, our satellite skims close to the bright star Regulus, standing east of Jupiter and Mars in the morning sky.

| Published: November 3, 2026

Our satellite has skimmed east across the sky over the past few days, now sitting just south of the luminary Regulus in Leo the Lion. Credit: Stellarium/USGS/Celestia/Clementine

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November 2: The Moon passes Jupiter and Mars

The Moon now passes 0.8° south of the bright star Regulus in Leo at 4 A.M. EST. Some regions of the world will see our satellite pass in front of Regulus in an occultation, but again, the event is not visible from North America.

The pair rises together shortly after midnight on the 2nd, following Jupiter and Mars by roughly an hour. By 5 A.M. local time on the 3rd, the Moon-star pair is nearly 50° high in the southeast.…