Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 14:58:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 97%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, November 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 14:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 18'	North
Longitude:	151° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.87 meters/second, 1493.5 km/hour, 928.0 miles/hour or 806.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 29.7"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 40.2"	927.73 mi	west	0° 01' 46.4"	2.04 mi	north	927.64 mi
24 hours	12° 14' 16.8"	783.39 mi	east	0° 11' 50.3"	13.58 mi	north	782.96 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Saipan	Sun 12:58 AM	994 km	618 miles	537 nm	SW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 12:58 AM	1212 km	753 miles	654 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sun 2:58 AM	1609 km	999 miles	869 nm	E
Palikir	Sun 1:58 AM	1846 km	1147 miles	997 nm	SSE
Yokohama	Sat 11:58 PM	1858 km	1155 miles	1003 nm	NW
Kawasaki	Sat 11:58 PM	1861 km	1156 miles	1005 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sat 11:58 PM	1876 km	1166 miles	1013 nm	NW
Sagamihara	Sat 11:58 PM	1885 km	1171 miles	1018 nm	NW
Shizuoka	Sat 11:58 PM	1900 km	1181 miles	1026 nm	NW
Hamamatsu	Sat 11:58 PM	1923 km	1195 miles	1038 nm	NW