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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 00:02:00 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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 00:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 44'	South
Longitude:	161° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.93 meters/second, 1544.2 km/hour, 959.5 miles/hour or 833.8 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' 24.3"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 23.8"	959.27 mi	west	0° 09' 02.8"	10.37 mi	south	958.97 mi
24 hours	14° 35' 15.5"	971.32 mi	east	3° 04' 50.2"	211.87 mi	south	986.49 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
Honiara	Tue 11:02 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	NNW
Port Vila	Tue 11:02 AM	728 km	452 miles	393 nm	ESE
Noumea	Tue 11:02 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	SSE
Brisbane	Tue 10:02 AM	1585 km	985 miles	856 nm	SSW
Cairns	Tue 10:02 AM	1718 km	1068 miles	928 nm	W
Port Moresby	Tue 10:02 AM	1734 km	1077 miles	936 nm	WNW
Yaren	Tue 12:02 PM	1773 km	1102 miles	957 nm	NNE
Suva *	Tue 1:02 PM	1789 km	1112 miles	966 nm	E
Funafuti	Tue 12:02 PM	2054 km	1277 miles	1109 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Tue 12:02 PM	2262 km	1405 miles	1221 nm	NE