Lunar Calendar Month November 2018 (Tokelau)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Fakaofo, Tokelau during November 2018.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2018-11-08	05:02
1st quarter	2018-11-16	03:54
full moon	2018-11-23	18:39
3rd quarter	2018-11-30	13:19

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during November 2018.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2018-11-15	04:58	404,340 km
Perigee	2018-11-27	01:11	366,622 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

Name	Peak Day
N. Taurids	2018-11-12
Leonids	2018-11-17
α-Monocerotids	2018-11-21
Nov. Orionids	2018-11-28

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical Objects	Date and Time
Beehive	2018-11-01 04:24
Regulus	2018-11-02 17:16
Saturn	2018-11-12 04:46
Mars	2018-11-16 17:16
Aldebaran	2018-11-24 10:11
Beehive	2018-11-28 09:57
Regulus	2018-11-29 22:27

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of November 2018.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Tokelau.

November 2018
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 44	29Monday	30Tuesday	31Wednesday	1Thursday 52.8% illuminated Age:21.9	2Friday 41.4% illuminated Age:23	3Saturday 30.4% illuminated Age:24	4Sunday 20.5% illuminated Age:25.1
Week 45	5Monday 12.1% illuminated Age:26.2	6Tuesday 5.8% illuminated Age:27.2	7Wednesday 1.7% illuminated Age:28.3	8Thursday 0.1% illuminated Age:29.3	9Friday 0.7% illuminated Age:0.8	10Saturday 3.5% illuminated Age:1.8	11Sunday 8.2% illuminated Age:2.7
Week 46	12Monday 14.4% illuminated Age:3.7	13Tuesday 21.9% illuminated Age:4.6	14Wednesday 30.2% illuminated Age:5.5	15Thursday 39.2% illuminated Age:6.4	16Friday 48.6% illuminated Age:7.2	17Saturday 58% illuminated Age:8.1	18Sunday 67.3% illuminated Age:9
Week 47	19Monday 76.1% illuminated Age:10	20Tuesday 84.1% illuminated Age:10.9	21Wednesday 90.9% illuminated Age:11.9	22Thursday 96% illuminated Age:12.9	23Friday 99.2% illuminated Age:13.9	24Saturday 99.9% illuminated Age:15	25Sunday 98.1% illuminated Age:16.1
Week 48	26Monday 93.6% illuminated Age:17.2	27Tuesday 86.7% illuminated Age:18.3	28Wednesday 77.8% illuminated Age:19.4	29Thursday 67.5% illuminated Age:20.5	30Friday 56.3% illuminated Age:21.6	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday