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 20:58:00 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 20:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 30'	South
Longitude:	139° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.91 meters/second, 1518.9 km/hour, 943.8 miles/hour or 820.1 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' 22.8"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	south	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 52.6"	943.53 mi	west	0° 06' 30.8"	7.47 mi	south	943.26 mi
24 hours	15° 03' 58.5"	988.44 mi	east	1° 56' 28.8"	133.54 mi	south	991.67 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
Gambier Islands	Tue 11:58 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	SE
Papeete	Tue 10:58 AM	1071 km	666 miles	578 nm	W
Adamstown	Tue 12:58 PM	1214 km	754 miles	655 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Tue 10:58 AM	2144 km	1332 miles	1157 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Wed 10:58 AM	2981 km	1852 miles	1610 nm	NW
Alofi	Tue 9:58 AM	3203 km	1991 miles	1730 nm	W
Easter Island *	Tue 3:58 PM	3231 km	2008 miles	1745 nm	ESE
Apia *	Wed 10:58 AM	3485 km	2165 miles	1882 nm	W
Fakaofo	Wed 9:58 AM	3568 km	2217 miles	1927 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Wed 9:58 AM	3744 km	2326 miles	2022 nm	W