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 23:24:00 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 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 23:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 33'	South
Longitude:	159° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.11 meters/second, 1498.0 km/hour, 930.8 miles/hour or 808.8 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"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 53.6"	930.55 mi	west	0° 02' 34.3"	2.95 mi	south	930.43 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 50.5"	985.52 mi	east	0° 17' 47.1"	20.39 mi	south	984.77 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
Rarotonga	Wed 1:24 PM	86 km	53 miles	46 nm	SSW
Papeete	Wed 1:24 PM	1086 km	675 miles	587 nm	ENE
Alofi	Wed 12:24 PM	1115 km	693 miles	602 nm	W
Apia *	Thu 1:24 PM	1511 km	939 miles	816 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Thu 12:24 PM	1646 km	1023 miles	889 nm	W
Fakaofo	Thu 12:24 PM	1774 km	1102 miles	958 nm	NW
Suva *	Thu 12:24 PM	2344 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	W
Kiritimati	Thu 1:24 PM	2490 km	1547 miles	1344 nm	N
Funafuti	Thu 11:24 AM	2657 km	1651 miles	1435 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Wed 11:24 AM	2955 km	1836 miles	1595 nm	NW