Lunar Calendar Month November 2025 (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 2025.

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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
full moon	2025-11-05	08:19
3rd quarter	2025-11-12	00:28
new moon	2025-11-20	01:47
1st quarter	2025-11-28	01:59

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during November 2025.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2025-11-05	17:30	356,832 km	Maximum perigee in 2025!
Apogee	2025-11-19	21:49	406,692 km	Maximum apogee in 2025!

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
Saturn	2025-11-02 05:46
Pleiades	2025-11-06 10:26
Pollux	2025-11-10 01:40
Jupiter	2025-11-10 02:56
Beehive	2025-11-11 00:27
Regulus	2025-11-12 17:51
Spica	2025-11-17 05:11
Saturn	2025-11-29 14:08

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of November 2025.

November 2025
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 44	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	31 Friday	1Saturday 75.2% illuminated Age: 9.9	2Sunday 84.2% illuminated Age: 10.9
Week 44	3Monday 92% illuminated Age: 12.1	4Tuesday 97.3% illuminated Age: 13.2	5Wednesday 99.8% illuminated Age: 14.4	6Thursday 99.3% illuminated Age: 15.5	7Friday 95.8% illuminated Age: 16.7	8Saturday 89.6% illuminated Age: 17.9	9Sunday 81.3% illuminated Age: 19
Week 46	10Monday 71.6% illuminated Age: 20.1	11Tuesday 61.1% illuminated Age: 21.1	12Wednesday 50.5% illuminated Age: 22.1	13Thursday 40.1% illuminated Age: 23.1	14Friday 30.5% illuminated Age: 24	15Saturday 21.8% illuminated Age: 25	16Sunday 14.3% illuminated Age: 25.9
Week 47	17Monday 8.3% illuminated Age: 26.8	18Tuesday 3.8% illuminated Age: 27.7	19Wednesday 1% illuminated Age: 28.6	20Thursday 0% illuminated Age: 29.5	21Friday 0.8% illuminated Age: 0.8	22Saturday 3.3% illuminated Age: 1.7	23Sunday 7.6% illuminated Age: 2.6
Week 48	24Monday 13.4% illuminated Age: 3.5	25Tuesday 20.7% illuminated Age: 4.4	26Wednesday 29.3% illuminated Age: 5.4	27Thursday 38.9% illuminated Age: 6.3	28Friday 49.2% illuminated Age: 7.3	29Saturday 59.9% illuminated Age: 8.3	30Sunday 70.5% illuminated Age: 9.4
	1 Monday	2 Tuesday	3 Wednesday	4 Thursday	5 Friday	6 Saturday	7 Sunday
	8 Monday	9 Tuesday	10 Wednesday	11 Thursday	12 Friday	13 Saturday	14 Sunday