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 22:36:00 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 22:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 31'	South
Longitude:	147° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.21 meters/second, 1498.3 km/hour, 931.0 miles/hour or 809.0 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' 21.8"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 54.2"	930.78 mi	west	0° 02' 41.9"	3.10 mi	south	930.65 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 05.5"	986.02 mi	east	0° 20' 50.1"	23.89 mi	south	985.19 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	Wed 12:36 PM	374 km	232 miles	202 nm	NNW
Rarotonga	Wed 12:36 PM	1238 km	769 miles	669 nm	W
Adamstown	Wed 2:36 PM	1894 km	1177 miles	1023 nm	ESE
Alofi	Wed 11:36 AM	2311 km	1436 miles	1248 nm	W
Apia *	Thu 12:36 PM	2642 km	1642 miles	1426 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Thu 12:36 PM	2681 km	1666 miles	1448 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Thu 11:36 AM	2792 km	1735 miles	1507 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Thu 11:36 AM	2839 km	1764 miles	1533 nm	W
Suva *	Thu 11:36 AM	3543 km	2201 miles	1913 nm	W
Chatham Islands *	Thu 12:21 PM	3717 km	2310 miles	2007 nm	SW