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 01:04:00 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: 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 01:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 32'	South
Longitude:	153° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.74 meters/second, 1511.1 km/hour, 938.9 miles/hour or 815.9 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"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 52.0"	938.74 mi	west	0° 04' 57.0"	5.68 mi	north	939.00 mi
24 hours	14° 02' 52.1"	915.94 mi	east	2° 32' 03.0"	174.30 mi	north	939.11 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
Papeete	Fri 3:04 PM	454 km	282 miles	245 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Fri 3:04 PM	699 km	435 miles	378 nm	WSW
Alofi	Fri 2:04 PM	1744 km	1084 miles	942 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 3:04 PM	2064 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Sat 2:04 PM	2232 km	1387 miles	1205 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 2:04 PM	2289 km	1423 miles	1236 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 3:04 PM	2407 km	1496 miles	1300 nm	N
Adamstown	Fri 5:04 PM	2467 km	1533 miles	1332 nm	ESE
Suva *	Sat 2:04 PM	2978 km	1851 miles	1608 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 1:04 PM	3200 km	1989 miles	1728 nm	WNW