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 12, 2012 at 21:08:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Monday, November 12, 2012 at 21:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 17'	South
Longitude:	156° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.98 meters/second, 1547.9 km/hour, 961.8 miles/hour or 835.8 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' 24.7"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 38.1"	961.62 mi	west	0° 09' 20.6"	10.71 mi	south	961.32 mi
24 hours	14° 30' 11.7"	967.80 mi	east	3° 13' 12.1"	221.45 mi	south	985.04 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
Rarotonga	Mon 11:08 AM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	SSW
Papeete	Mon 11:08 AM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	ESE
Alofi	Mon 10:08 AM	1496 km	930 miles	808 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 11:08 AM	1664 km	1034 miles	898 nm	W
Fakaofo	Tue 10:08 AM	1740 km	1081 miles	940 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Tue 11:08 AM	1900 km	1181 miles	1026 nm	N
Nukualofa	Tue 10:08 AM	2089 km	1298 miles	1128 nm	WSW
Suva *	Tue 10:08 AM	2701 km	1678 miles	1458 nm	W
Funafuti	Tue 9:08 AM	2757 km	1713 miles	1489 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Mon 9:08 AM	2795 km	1737 miles	1509 nm	NW