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 10:08:00 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 10:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	South
Longitude:	46° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.22 meters/second, 1494.8 km/hour, 928.8 miles/hour or 807.1 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' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 54.1"	928.59 mi	west	0° 00' 51.7"	0.99 mi	south	928.55 mi
24 hours	15° 06' 19.2"	976.41 mi	east	0° 22' 48.3"	26.15 mi	north	977.99 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
Antsirabe	Thu 1:08 PM	128 km	79 miles	69 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Thu 1:08 PM	245 km	152 miles	132 nm	NNE
Toamasina	Thu 1:08 PM	434 km	269 miles	234 nm	NE
Mamoutzou	Thu 1:08 PM	904 km	562 miles	488 nm	N
Saint-Denis	Thu 2:08 PM	939 km	583 miles	507 nm	E
Mutsamudu	Thu 1:08 PM	988 km	614 miles	533 nm	NNW
Nampula	Thu 12:08 PM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	NW
Moroni	Thu 1:08 PM	1071 km	666 miles	579 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Thu 2:08 PM	1157 km	719 miles	625 nm	E
Maputo	Thu 12:08 PM	1522 km	946 miles	822 nm	WSW