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 23:04:00 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: 13%

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 23:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 41'	South
Longitude:	124° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.25 meters/second, 1509.3 km/hour, 937.8 miles/hour or 815.0 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' 23.6"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 42.4"	937.65 mi	west	0° 04' 41.2"	5.37 mi	north	937.89 mi
24 hours	14° 07' 10.4"	919.71 mi	east	2° 26' 26.8"	167.88 mi	north	941.50 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
Adamstown	Fri 3:04 PM	827 km	514 miles	446 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Fri 6:04 PM	1754 km	1090 miles	947 nm	ESE
Papeete	Fri 1:04 PM	2650 km	1647 miles	1431 nm	W
Rarotonga	Fri 1:04 PM	3674 km	2283 miles	1984 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 1:04 PM	4304 km	2674 miles	2324 nm	WNW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 5:04 PM	4336 km	2694 miles	2341 nm	ENE
Alofi	Fri 12:04 PM	4754 km	2954 miles	2567 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 1:04 PM	5063 km	3146 miles	2734 nm	W
Mexico City	Fri 5:04 PM	5138 km	3193 miles	2774 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 6:04 PM	5140 km	3194 miles	2776 nm	E