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 00:34:00 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 00:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 34'	South
Longitude:	146° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.61 meters/second, 1510.6 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.7 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	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 49.5"	938.46 mi	west	0° 04' 53.0"	5.60 mi	north	938.72 mi
24 hours	14° 03' 57.1"	916.89 mi	east	2° 30' 39.6"	172.71 mi	north	939.71 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 2:34 PM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Fri 2:34 PM	1436 km	892 miles	775 nm	W
Adamstown	Fri 4:34 PM	1758 km	1092 miles	949 nm	ESE
Alofi	Fri 1:34 PM	2499 km	1553 miles	1349 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 2:34 PM	2669 km	1658 miles	1441 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sat 2:34 PM	2805 km	1743 miles	1514 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 1:34 PM	2928 km	1819 miles	1581 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 1:34 PM	3036 km	1887 miles	1640 nm	W
Suva *	Sat 1:34 PM	3733 km	2319 miles	2015 nm	W
Easter Island *	Fri 7:34 PM	3839 km	2386 miles	2073 nm	ESE