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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 00:24:00 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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 00:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 36'	South
Longitude:	173° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.98 meters/second, 1497.5 km/hour, 930.5 miles/hour or 808.6 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' 53.1"	930.28 mi	west	0° 02' 24.9"	2.77 mi	south	930.16 mi
24 hours	15° 12' 28.8"	984.85 mi	east	0° 13' 58.3"	16.02 mi	south	984.23 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
Pangai	Thu 1:24 PM	107 km	66 miles	58 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Thu 1:24 PM	162 km	101 miles	87 nm	WSW
Neiafu	Thu 1:24 PM	216 km	134 miles	117 nm	N
Alofi	Wed 1:24 PM	437 km	271 miles	236 nm	ENE
Pago Pago	Wed 1:24 PM	772 km	479 miles	417 nm	NNE
Apia *	Thu 2:24 PM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	NNE
Suva *	Thu 1:24 PM	865 km	538 miles	467 nm	WNW
Nadi *	Thu 1:24 PM	978 km	608 miles	528 nm	WNW
Lautoka *	Thu 1:24 PM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Thu 1:24 PM	1271 km	790 miles	686 nm	NNE