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Lunar Calendar Month November 2020 (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 2020.

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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 phasesDatesTime
3rd quarter2020-11-0808:46
new moon2020-11-1500:07
1st quarter2020-11-2123:45
full moon2020-11-3004:30

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during November 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-11-1406:49357,838 km
Apogee2020-11-2619:30405,890 km

Eclipses in November 2020

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during November 2020. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of United States.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2020-11-30116

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 ObjectsDate and Time
Beehive2020-11-07 14:34
Venus2020-11-12 16:31
Jupiter2020-11-19 03:54
Saturn2020-11-19 09:57

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of November 2020.

November 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 44
26Monday
 
27Tuesday
 
28Wednesday
 
29Thursday
 
30Friday
 
31Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:15.2
Week 44
2Monday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age:16.2
3Tuesday
 
94.1% illuminated
Age:17.1
4Wednesday
 
88.7% illuminated
Age:18
5Thursday
 
81.8% illuminated
Age:18.9
6Friday
 
73.5% illuminated
Age:19.9
7Saturday
 
64% illuminated
Age:20.8
8Sunday
 
53.8% illuminated
Age:21.8
Week 46
9Monday
 
43% illuminated
Age:22.8
10Tuesday
 
32.3% illuminated
Age:23.9
11Wednesday
 
22.1% illuminated
Age:24.9
12Thursday
 
13.1% illuminated
Age:26
13Friday
 
6.1% illuminated
Age:27.2
14Saturday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:28.3
15Sunday
 
0% illuminated
Age:29.5
Week 47
16Monday
 
1.5% illuminated
Age:1.1
17Tuesday
 
5.7% illuminated
Age:2.3
18Wednesday
 
12.3% illuminated
Age:3.4
19Thursday
 
20.6% illuminated
Age:4.4
20Friday
 
30% illuminated
Age:5.5
21Saturday
 
40% illuminated
Age:6.4
22Sunday
 
50.1% illuminated
Age:7.4
Week 48
23Monday
 
59.8% illuminated
Age:8.3
24Tuesday
 
69.1% illuminated
Age:9.2
25Wednesday
 
77.5% illuminated
Age:10.1
26Thursday
 
84.8% illuminated
Age:11
27Friday
 
91% illuminated
Age:11.9
28Saturday
 
95.6% illuminated
Age:12.8
29Sunday
 
98.7% illuminated
Age:13.7
Week 49
30Monday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.6
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z