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 21:28:00 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 21:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 33'	South
Longitude:	159° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.34 meters/second, 1614.0 km/hour, 1002.9 miles/hour or 871.5 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' 30.1"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.23 mi	south	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 08.1"	1002.84 mi	west	0° 12' 18.9"	14.10 mi	south	1002.89 mi
24 hours	12° 13' 26.0"	845.29 mi	east	4° 55' 30.7"	338.44 mi	south	908.65 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
Arawa	Sat 7:28 AM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	SW
Yaren	Sat 9:28 AM	786 km	488 miles	424 nm	E
Honiara	Sat 8:28 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	S
Palikir	Sat 8:28 AM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	NNW
Tarawa	Sat 9:28 AM	1492 km	927 miles	805 nm	ENE
Majuro	Sat 9:28 AM	1579 km	981 miles	852 nm	NE
Port Moresby	Sat 7:28 AM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Sat 8:28 AM	2012 km	1250 miles	1087 nm	SSE
Jayapura	Sat 6:28 AM	2141 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 9:28 AM	2273 km	1412 miles	1227 nm	ESE