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 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 08:42:00 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	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 37'	South
Longitude:	51° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.77 meters/second, 1507.6 km/hour, 936.8 miles/hour or 814.0 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' 22.3"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 16.8"	936.50 mi	west	0° 04' 50.3"	5.55 mi	south	936.28 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 12.0"	990.69 mi	east	1° 13' 34.7"	84.36 mi	south	990.43 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
Toamasina	Wed 11:42 AM	302 km	187 miles	163 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Wed 12:42 PM	405 km	251 miles	218 nm	ESE
Antananarivo	Wed 11:42 AM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	W
Antsirabe	Wed 11:42 AM	502 km	312 miles	271 nm	W
Port Louis	Wed 12:42 PM	598 km	372 miles	323 nm	E
Moroni	Wed 11:42 AM	1266 km	787 miles	684 nm	NW
Victoria	Wed 12:42 PM	1705 km	1060 miles	921 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Wed 11:42 AM	1960 km	1218 miles	1058 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Wed 10:42 AM	2020 km	1255 miles	1091 nm	WNW
Maputo	Wed 10:42 AM	2093 km	1301 miles	1130 nm	WSW