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 22:08:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 29'	South
Longitude:	141° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.27 meters/second, 1498.6 km/hour, 931.2 miles/hour or 809.2 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' 21.8"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.05 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 54.6"	930.92 mi	west	0° 02' 46.3"	3.18 mi	south	930.79 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 13.5"	986.31 mi	east	0° 22' 36.9"	25.93 mi	south	985.43 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
Gambier Islands	Wed 1:08 PM	709 km	440 miles	383 nm	ESE
Papeete	Wed 12:08 PM	940 km	584 miles	508 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Wed 2:08 PM	1246 km	774 miles	673 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Wed 12:08 PM	1934 km	1202 miles	1044 nm	W
Alofi	Wed 11:08 AM	3010 km	1871 miles	1626 nm	W
Kiritimati	Thu 12:08 PM	3036 km	1886 miles	1639 nm	NW
Easter Island *	Wed 5:08 PM	3319 km	2062 miles	1792 nm	ESE
Apia *	Thu 12:08 PM	3330 km	2069 miles	1798 nm	W
Fakaofo	Thu 11:08 AM	3450 km	2144 miles	1863 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Thu 11:08 AM	3534 km	2196 miles	1908 nm	W