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 21:46:00 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 21:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 35'	South
Longitude:	151° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.67 meters/second, 1518.0 km/hour, 943.2 miles/hour or 819.7 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"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 49.7"	943.00 mi	west	0° 06' 24.3"	7.34 mi	south	942.73 mi
24 hours	15° 04' 44.3"	988.77 mi	east	1° 53' 38.1"	130.28 mi	south	991.68 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
Papeete	Tue 11:46 AM	191 km	119 miles	103 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Tue 11:46 AM	964 km	599 miles	520 nm	WSW
Alofi	Tue 10:46 AM	1993 km	1238 miles	1076 nm	W
Adamstown	Tue 1:46 PM	2274 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	ESE
Apia *	Wed 11:46 AM	2280 km	1417 miles	1231 nm	W
Kiritimati	Wed 11:46 AM	2365 km	1470 miles	1277 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Wed 10:46 AM	2408 km	1497 miles	1300 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Wed 10:46 AM	2547 km	1583 miles	1375 nm	W
Suva *	Wed 10:46 AM	3227 km	2005 miles	1743 nm	W
Funafuti	Wed 9:46 AM	3403 km	2115 miles	1838 nm	WNW