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 22:18:00 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 22:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 28'	South
Longitude:	173° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.56 meters/second, 1546.4 km/hour, 960.9 miles/hour or 835.0 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' 24.6"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 32.3"	960.67 mi	west	0° 09' 13.4"	10.57 mi	south	960.37 mi
24 hours	14° 32' 15.3"	969.25 mi	east	3° 09' 52.4"	217.63 mi	south	985.65 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
Apia *	Tue 12:18 PM	239 km	148 miles	129 nm	NE
Pago Pago	Mon 11:18 AM	302 km	187 miles	163 nm	ENE
Neiafu	Tue 11:18 AM	361 km	224 miles	195 nm	SSW
Mata-Utu	Tue 10:18 AM	399 km	248 miles	215 nm	NW
Pangai	Tue 11:18 AM	495 km	308 miles	267 nm	SSW
Alofi	Mon 11:18 AM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	SE
Nukualofa	Tue 11:18 AM	661 km	411 miles	357 nm	SSW
Fakaofo	Tue 11:18 AM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	NNE
Suva *	Tue 11:18 AM	939 km	583 miles	507 nm	WSW
Lautoka *	Tue 11:18 AM	1023 km	636 miles	553 nm	WSW