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 08:52:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 3%

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 08:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 51'	South
Longitude:	64° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.28 meters/second, 1495.0 km/hour, 929.0 miles/hour or 807.2 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"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 53.3"	928.71 mi	west	0° 01' 03.7"	1.22 mi	south	928.66 mi
24 hours	15° 07' 23.2"	977.70 mi	east	0° 18' 03.9"	20.72 mi	north	978.89 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
Port Louis	Thu 12:52 PM	747 km	464 miles	404 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Thu 12:52 PM	955 km	593 miles	515 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Thu 2:52 PM	1715 km	1066 miles	926 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Thu 11:52 AM	1803 km	1121 miles	974 nm	W
Victoria	Thu 12:52 PM	2051 km	1275 miles	1108 nm	NNW
Moroni	Thu 11:52 AM	2490 km	1547 miles	1345 nm	WNW
Male	Thu 1:52 PM	2933 km	1823 miles	1584 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Thu 11:52 AM	3140 km	1951 miles	1696 nm	WNW
Port-aux-Francais	Thu 1:52 PM	3201 km	1989 miles	1728 nm	S
Mogadishu	Thu 11:52 AM	3291 km	2045 miles	1777 nm	NW