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 00:24:00 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 00:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 35'	South
Longitude:	143° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.57 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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' 48.7"	938.37 mi	west	0° 04' 51.8"	5.58 mi	north	938.62 mi
24 hours	14° 04' 18.8"	917.20 mi	east	2° 30' 11.8"	172.18 mi	north	939.91 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
Papeete	Fri 2:24 PM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	WNW
Gambier Islands	Fri 3:24 PM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	ESE
Adamstown	Fri 4:24 PM	1528 km	950 miles	825 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Fri 2:24 PM	1684 km	1047 miles	910 nm	W
Alofi	Fri 1:24 PM	2750 km	1709 miles	1485 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 2:24 PM	2800 km	1740 miles	1512 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sat 2:24 PM	3054 km	1898 miles	1649 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 1:24 PM	3168 km	1968 miles	1710 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 1:24 PM	3285 km	2041 miles	1774 nm	W
Easter Island *	Fri 7:24 PM	3602 km	2238 miles	1945 nm	ESE