Lunar Calendar Month November 2017 (United States Minor Outlying Islands)

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 Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands during November 2017.

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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	2017-11-03	19:23
3rd quarter	2017-11-10	10:36
new moon	2017-11-18	01:42
1st quarter	2017-11-26	07:03

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during November 2017.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2017-11-05	14:10	361,437 km
Apogee	2017-11-21	08:53	406,131 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2017.

Name	Peak Day
N. Taurids	2017-11-12
Leonids	2017-11-17
Nov. Orionids	2017-11-28
α-Monocerotids	2017-11-21

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
Aldebaran	2017-11-05 16:19
Beehive	2017-11-09 15:58
Regulus	2017-11-11 06:07
Mars	2017-11-14 14:40
Saturn	2017-11-20 14:34

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of November 2017.

November 2017
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 44	30Monday	31Tuesday	1Wednesday 89.8% illuminated Age:11.7	2Thursday 95.6% illuminated Age:12.8	3Friday 99.1% illuminated Age:13.9	4Saturday 99.9% illuminated Age:15	5Sunday 98% illuminated Age:16.1
Week 45	6Monday 93.2% illuminated Age:17.3	7Tuesday 85.9% illuminated Age:18.4	8Wednesday 76.7% illuminated Age:19.5	9Thursday 66.2% illuminated Age:20.6	10Friday 55.1% illuminated Age:21.7	11Saturday 44% illuminated Age:22.7	12Sunday 33.5% illuminated Age:23.7
Week 46	13Monday 23.9% illuminated Age:24.7	14Tuesday 15.6% illuminated Age:25.7	15Wednesday 9% illuminated Age:26.7	16Thursday 4.1% illuminated Age:27.6	17Friday 1.1% illuminated Age:28.5	18Saturday 0% illuminated Age:29.5	19Sunday 0.8% illuminated Age:0.8
Week 47	20Monday 3.4% illuminated Age:1.7	21Tuesday 7.6% illuminated Age:2.6	22Wednesday 13.4% illuminated Age:3.5	23Thursday 20.4% illuminated Age:4.4	24Friday 28.6% illuminated Age:5.3	25Saturday 37.6% illuminated Age:6.2	26Sunday 47.3% illuminated Age:7.1
Week 48	27Monday 57.3% illuminated Age:8.1	28Tuesday 67.3% illuminated Age:9	29Wednesday 76.9% illuminated Age:10.1	30Thursday 85.6% illuminated Age:11.1	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday