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 21:46:00 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 21:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 23'	South
Longitude:	165° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.75 meters/second, 1547.1 km/hour, 961.3 miles/hour or 835.4 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' 24.5"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 34.9"	961.10 mi	west	0° 09' 16.8"	10.63 mi	south	960.81 mi
24 hours	14° 31' 19.1"	968.59 mi	east	3° 11' 24.1"	219.38 mi	south	985.37 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
Pago Pago	Mon 10:46 AM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	WNW
Alofi	Mon 10:46 AM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	SW
Apia *	Tue 11:46 AM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Mon 11:46 AM	887 km	551 miles	479 nm	SE
Fakaofo	Tue 10:46 AM	910 km	566 miles	491 nm	NW
Neiafu	Tue 10:46 AM	970 km	603 miles	524 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Tue 10:46 AM	1204 km	748 miles	650 nm	WSW
Papeete	Mon 11:46 AM	1720 km	1069 miles	929 nm	E
Suva *	Tue 10:46 AM	1737 km	1079 miles	938 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Tue 9:46 AM	1826 km	1135 miles	986 nm	WNW