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 Monday, November 5, 2012 at 07:20:00 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: 67%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, November 5, 2012 at 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 16° 56' | North |
| Longitude: | 40° 24' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.81 meters/second, 1547.3 km/hour, 961.5 miles/hour or 835.5 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' 31.5" | 16.02 mi | west | 0° 00' 06.4" | 0.12 mi | south | 16.03 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 32.8" | 961.28 mi | west | 0° 06' 34.8" | 7.54 mi | south | 961.59 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 19' 24.3" | 749.42 mi | east | 2° 59' 41.3" | 205.93 mi | south | 782.59 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 |
|---|
| Praia | Mon 6:20 AM | 1821 km | 1132 miles | 983 nm | E |
| Cayenne | Mon 4:20 AM | 1859 km | 1155 miles | 1004 nm | SW |
| Paramaribo | Mon 4:20 AM | 2025 km | 1258 miles | 1093 nm | SW |
| Bridgetown | Mon 3:20 AM | 2109 km | 1310 miles | 1139 nm | W |
| Belém | Mon 4:20 AM | 2219 km | 1379 miles | 1198 nm | SSW |
| Fort-de-France | Mon 3:20 AM | 2229 km | 1385 miles | 1204 nm | W |
| Castries | Mon 3:20 AM | 2231 km | 1386 miles | 1205 nm | W |
| Georgetown | Mon 3:20 AM | 2233 km | 1388 miles | 1206 nm | WSW |
| Roseau | Mon 3:20 AM | 2251 km | 1399 miles | 1215 nm | W |
| Kingstown | Mon 3:20 AM | 2277 km | 1415 miles | 1229 nm | W |
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