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 9, 2012 at 20:38:00 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: 22%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 9, 2012 at 20:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 22'	South
Longitude:	172° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.39 meters/second, 1614.2 km/hour, 1003.0 miles/hour or 871.6 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' 30.1"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.23 mi	south	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 10.8"	1002.97 mi	west	0° 12' 18.4"	14.09 mi	south	1003.02 mi
24 hours	347° 47' 49.7"	843.90 mi	west	4° 55' 35.9"	338.54 mi	south	907.50 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
Tarawa	Sat 8:38 AM	327 km	203 miles	177 nm	NNE
Yaren	Sat 8:38 AM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	W
Majuro	Sat 8:38 AM	947 km	588 miles	511 nm	N
Funafuti	Sat 8:38 AM	1123 km	698 miles	607 nm	SE
Baker Island	Fri 8:38 AM	1293 km	803 miles	698 nm	E
Honiara	Sat 7:38 AM	1605 km	997 miles	867 nm	SW
Palikir	Sat 7:38 AM	1790 km	1113 miles	967 nm	WNW
Port Vila	Sat 7:38 AM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sat 9:38 AM	1982 km	1232 miles	1070 nm	SSE
Fakaofo	Sat 9:38 AM	2055 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	ESE