Lunar Calendar Month November 2024 (United States)

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 Washington, District of Columbia, United States during November 2024.

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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	2024-11-01	08:47
1st quarter	2024-11-09	00:55
full moon	2024-11-15	16:28
3rd quarter	2024-11-22	20:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during November 2024.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2024-11-14	06:19	360,109 km
Apogee	2024-11-26	06:57	405,314 km

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
Antares	2024-11-03 19:26
Venus	2024-11-04 19:16
Saturn	2024-11-10 20:36
Pleiades	2024-11-16 01:59
Pollux	2024-11-19 21:07
Mars	2024-11-20 16:07
Beehive	2024-11-20 20:48
Regulus	2024-11-22 15:48
Spica	2024-11-27 06:33

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of November 2024.

November 2024
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 44	28 Monday	29 Tuesday	30 Wednesday	31 Thursday	1Friday 0.1% illuminated Age: 29.2	2Saturday 0.4% illuminated Age: 0.6	3Sunday 2.5% illuminated Age: 1.5
Week 44	4Monday 6.7% illuminated Age: 2.5	5Tuesday 12.5% illuminated Age: 3.4	6Wednesday 19.9% illuminated Age: 4.4	7Thursday 28.8% illuminated Age: 5.3	8Friday 38.8% illuminated Age: 6.3	9Saturday 49.6% illuminated Age: 7.3	10Sunday 60.6% illuminated Age: 8.4
Week 46	11Monday 71.4% illuminated Age: 9.5	12Tuesday 81.4% illuminated Age: 10.6	13Wednesday 89.7% illuminated Age: 11.7	14Thursday 95.9% illuminated Age: 12.8	15Friday 99.3% illuminated Age: 14	16Saturday 99.8% illuminated Age: 15.1	17Sunday 97.5% illuminated Age: 16.3
Week 47	18Monday 92.6% illuminated Age: 17.3	19Tuesday 85.8% illuminated Age: 18.4	20Wednesday 77.5% illuminated Age: 19.4	21Thursday 68.2% illuminated Age: 20.4	22Friday 58.5% illuminated Age: 21.3	23Saturday 48.8% illuminated Age: 22.3	24Sunday 39.3% illuminated Age: 23.2
Week 48	25Monday 30.3% illuminated Age: 24.1	26Tuesday 22% illuminated Age: 24.9	27Wednesday 14.7% illuminated Age: 25.8	28Thursday 8.6% illuminated Age: 26.7	29Friday 4% illuminated Age: 27.6	30Saturday 1.1% illuminated Age: 28.5	1 Sunday
	2 Monday	3 Tuesday	4 Wednesday	5 Thursday	6 Friday	7 Saturday	8 Sunday
	9 Monday	10 Tuesday	11 Wednesday	12 Thursday	13 Friday	14 Saturday	15 Sunday