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 Friday, November 2, 2012 at 17:26:00 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: 87%

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 Friday, November 2, 2012 at 17:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 51'	North
Longitude:	138° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.58 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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' 30.7"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.2"	938.32 mi	west	0° 00' 56.3"	1.08 mi	south	938.37 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 11.1"	752.38 mi	east	0° 49' 05.7"	56.29 mi	south	756.49 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	Sat 3:26 AM	1005 km	625 miles	543 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 3:26 AM	1065 km	662 miles	575 nm	SE
Kagoshima	Sat 2:26 AM	1419 km	882 miles	766 nm	NNW
Kumamoto	Sat 2:26 AM	1523 km	947 miles	823 nm	NNW
Melekeok	Sat 2:26 AM	1530 km	951 miles	826 nm	SSW
Hamamatsu	Sat 2:26 AM	1537 km	955 miles	830 nm	N
Osaka	Sat 2:26 AM	1555 km	966 miles	840 nm	N
Kobe	Sat 2:26 AM	1563 km	971 miles	844 nm	N
Shizuoka	Sat 2:26 AM	1565 km	973 miles	845 nm	N
Kyoto	Sat 2:26 AM	1588 km	987 miles	857 nm	N