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 20:42:00 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: 6%

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 20:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	105° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.29 meters/second, 1495.1 km/hour, 929.0 miles/hour or 807.3 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' 22.0"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 09.2"	928.75 mi	west	0° 00' 49.0"	0.94 mi	north	928.80 mi
24 hours	14° 54' 31.1"	963.59 mi	east	1° 01' 25.4"	70.43 mi	north	969.38 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
Easter Island *	Thu 3:42 PM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Thu 12:42 PM	2573 km	1599 miles	1389 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Thu 2:42 PM	2798 km	1739 miles	1511 nm	NE
Lima	Thu 3:42 PM	3174 km	1972 miles	1714 nm	ENE
Santiago *	Thu 5:42 PM	3689 km	2292 miles	1992 nm	ESE
Quito	Thu 3:42 PM	3710 km	2305 miles	2003 nm	NE
La Paz	Thu 4:42 PM	3950 km	2454 miles	2133 nm	E
San Jose	Thu 2:42 PM	4129 km	2566 miles	2230 nm	NE
Sucre	Thu 4:42 PM	4193 km	2606 miles	2264 nm	E
Managua	Thu 2:42 PM	4211 km	2616 miles	2274 nm	NNE