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 Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 18:20:00 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: 92%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 18:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	North
Longitude:	113° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.85 meters/second, 1511.5 km/hour, 939.2 miles/hour or 816.1 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' 30.8"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.03 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 53.0"	938.92 mi	west	0° 01' 18.0"	1.49 mi	north	938.86 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 46.2"	754.53 mi	east	0° 04' 28.8"	5.14 mi	north	754.36 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
Macau	Fri 2:20 AM	159 km	99 miles	86 nm	N
Hong Kong	Fri 2:20 AM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Fri 2:20 AM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Fri 2:20 AM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	NNE
Foshan	Fri 2:20 AM	254 km	158 miles	137 nm	N
Guangzhou	Fri 2:20 AM	264 km	164 miles	142 nm	N
Haikou	Fri 2:20 AM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	WSW
Shantou	Fri 2:20 AM	429 km	267 miles	232 nm	NE
Nanning	Fri 2:20 AM	591 km	367 miles	319 nm	WNW
Guilin	Fri 2:20 AM	603 km	375 miles	326 nm	NNW