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 23:08:00 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: 1%

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 23:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 36'	South
Longitude:	174° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.26 meters/second, 1545.3 km/hour, 960.2 miles/hour or 834.4 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"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 28.1"	960.00 mi	west	0° 09' 08.3"	10.47 mi	south	959.70 mi
24 hours	345° 26' 17.4"	970.25 mi	west	3° 07' 27.9"	214.88 mi	south	986.06 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
Lautoka *	Tue 12:08 PM	362 km	225 miles	195 nm	SE
Nadi *	Tue 12:08 PM	372 km	231 miles	201 nm	SE
Suva *	Tue 12:08 PM	479 km	298 miles	259 nm	SE
Port Vila	Tue 10:08 AM	729 km	453 miles	393 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Tue 11:08 AM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	NNE
Noumea	Tue 10:08 AM	1146 km	712 miles	619 nm	SW
Nukualofa	Tue 12:08 PM	1223 km	760 miles	660 nm	ESE
Apia *	Tue 1:08 PM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	E
Fakaofo	Tue 12:08 PM	1669 km	1037 miles	901 nm	ENE
Alofi	Mon 12:08 PM	1670 km	1038 miles	902 nm	ESE