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 Friday, November 16, 2012 at 02:46:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 7%

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 Friday, November 16, 2012 at 02:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	South
Longitude:	167° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.75 meters/second, 1496.7 km/hour, 930.0 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 22.3"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	north	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 24.1"	929.78 mi	west	0° 01' 45.5"	2.02 mi	north	929.87 mi
24 hours	345° 14' 23.8"	954.77 mi	west	1° 22' 37.7"	94.74 mi	north	963.68 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
Noumea	Fri 1:46 PM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	SSW
Port Vila	Fri 1:46 PM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	NNE
Kingston	Fri 2:16 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	S
Suva *	Fri 3:46 PM	1190 km	739 miles	642 nm	ENE
Honiara	Fri 1:46 PM	1489 km	925 miles	804 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Fri 12:46 PM	1641 km	1020 miles	886 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Fri 3:46 PM	1805 km	1122 miles	975 nm	E
Funafuti	Fri 2:46 PM	1855 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	NE
Auckland *	Fri 3:46 PM	1919 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	SSE
Sydney *	Fri 1:46 PM	2159 km	1342 miles	1166 nm	SW