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 23:46:00 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 23:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 34'	South
Longitude:	164° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.06 meters/second, 1497.8 km/hour, 930.7 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' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 53.4"	930.45 mi	west	0° 02' 30.8"	2.88 mi	south	930.33 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 42.9"	985.28 mi	east	0° 16' 23.2"	18.79 mi	south	984.57 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 1:46 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	E
Alofi	Wed 12:46 PM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	WNW
Pago Pago	Wed 12:46 PM	947 km	589 miles	512 nm	NW
Neiafu	Thu 12:46 PM	1001 km	622 miles	540 nm	W
Pangai	Thu 12:46 PM	1016 km	632 miles	549 nm	W
Apia *	Thu 1:46 PM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Thu 12:46 PM	1099 km	683 miles	593 nm	W
Fakaofo	Thu 12:46 PM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	NNW
Papeete	Wed 1:46 PM	1623 km	1008 miles	876 nm	E
Suva *	Thu 12:46 PM	1797 km	1116 miles	970 nm	W