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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 00:14:00 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: 14%

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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 00:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 36'	South
Longitude:	141° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.53 meters/second, 1510.3 km/hour, 938.5 miles/hour or 815.5 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' 23.7"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 47.9"	938.28 mi	west	0° 04' 50.5"	5.55 mi	north	938.53 mi
24 hours	14° 04' 40.3"	917.51 mi	east	2° 29' 43.9"	171.65 mi	north	940.11 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
Gambier Islands	Fri 3:14 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	ESE
Papeete	Fri 2:14 PM	899 km	559 miles	486 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Fri 4:14 PM	1305 km	811 miles	704 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Fri 2:14 PM	1933 km	1201 miles	1044 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 2:14 PM	2949 km	1833 miles	1592 nm	NW
Alofi	Fri 1:14 PM	3002 km	1865 miles	1621 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 2:14 PM	3304 km	2053 miles	1784 nm	W
Easter Island *	Fri 7:14 PM	3365 km	2091 miles	1817 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Sat 1:14 PM	3410 km	2119 miles	1841 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 1:14 PM	3534 km	2196 miles	1908 nm	W