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 02:14:00 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 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 26'	South
Longitude:	170° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.03 meters/second, 1512.1 km/hour, 939.6 miles/hour or 816.5 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' 23.8"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.10 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 57.8"	939.41 mi	west	0° 05' 06.0"	5.85 mi	north	939.67 mi
24 hours	14° 00' 19.8"	913.72 mi	east	2° 35' 15.4"	177.97 mi	north	937.70 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
Alofi	Fri 3:14 PM	48 km	30 miles	26 nm	NNE
Neiafu	Sat 3:14 PM	416 km	258 miles	224 nm	WNW
Pangai	Sat 3:14 PM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sat 3:14 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	WSW
Pago Pago	Fri 3:14 PM	575 km	357 miles	311 nm	N
Apia *	Sat 4:14 PM	644 km	400 miles	348 nm	NNW
Rarotonga	Fri 4:14 PM	1098 km	682 miles	593 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Sat 3:14 PM	1120 km	696 miles	605 nm	N
Suva *	Sat 3:14 PM	1216 km	755 miles	656 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 2:14 PM	1668 km	1036 miles	900 nm	NW