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 12:24:00 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 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 54'	South
Longitude:	1° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.95 meters/second, 1504.6 km/hour, 934.9 miles/hour or 812.4 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' 22.1"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	south	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 08.5"	934.68 mi	west	0° 04' 17.0"	4.91 mi	south	934.48 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 24.4"	990.22 mi	east	0° 59' 39.2"	68.40 mi	south	989.42 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	Wed 12:24 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	NW
Windhoek *	Wed 2:24 PM	1937 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	ESE
Luanda	Wed 1:24 PM	1991 km	1237 miles	1075 nm	NE
São Tomé	Wed 12:24 PM	2407 km	1496 miles	1300 nm	NNE
Cape Town	Wed 2:24 PM	2496 km	1551 miles	1348 nm	SE
Kinshasa	Wed 1:24 PM	2498 km	1552 miles	1349 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Wed 1:24 PM	2500 km	1554 miles	1350 nm	NE
Libreville	Wed 1:24 PM	2536 km	1576 miles	1369 nm	NNE
Abidjan	Wed 12:24 PM	2805 km	1743 miles	1515 nm	N
Accra	Wed 12:24 PM	2818 km	1751 miles	1522 nm	N