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 11:08:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 11:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 19'	South
Longitude:	1° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.05 meters/second, 1530.2 km/hour, 950.8 miles/hour or 826.2 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' 23.6"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	south	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 31.9"	950.57 mi	west	0° 07' 47.2"	8.92 mi	south	950.27 mi
24 hours	14° 52' 25.4"	982.35 mi	east	2° 30' 11.0"	172.17 mi	south	990.41 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
Jamestown	Tue 11:08 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	W
Luanda	Tue 12:08 PM	1538 km	956 miles	831 nm	NE
Windhoek *	Tue 1:08 PM	1686 km	1048 miles	910 nm	ESE
São Tomé	Tue 11:08 AM	2020 km	1255 miles	1091 nm	NNE
Kinshasa	Tue 12:08 PM	2045 km	1270 miles	1104 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Tue 12:08 PM	2047 km	1272 miles	1105 nm	NE
Libreville	Tue 12:08 PM	2123 km	1319 miles	1146 nm	NNE
Malabo	Tue 12:08 PM	2447 km	1520 miles	1321 nm	NNE
Cape Town	Tue 1:08 PM	2466 km	1532 miles	1332 nm	SE
Accra	Tue 11:08 AM	2539 km	1578 miles	1371 nm	N