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 11:34:00 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: 18%

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 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 34'	South
Longitude:	55° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.63 meters/second, 1521.5 km/hour, 945.4 miles/hour or 821.5 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' 24.6"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	north	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 46.3"	945.24 mi	west	0° 06' 15.1"	7.17 mi	north	945.55 mi
24 hours	13° 39' 25.8"	895.70 mi	east	2° 59' 14.9"	205.46 mi	north	926.17 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
Saint-Denis	Sat 3:34 PM	257 km	159 miles	139 nm	S
Port Louis	Sat 3:34 PM	281 km	174 miles	152 nm	SE
Toamasina	Sat 2:34 PM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	W
Antananarivo	Sat 2:34 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	W
Antsirabe	Sat 2:34 PM	895 km	556 miles	483 nm	W
Moroni	Sat 2:34 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	WNW
Victoria	Sat 3:34 PM	1542 km	958 miles	833 nm	N
Dar es Salaam	Sat 2:34 PM	2179 km	1354 miles	1177 nm	NW
Diego Garcia	Sat 5:34 PM	2220 km	1379 miles	1198 nm	ENE
Lilongwe	Sat 1:34 PM	2368 km	1471 miles	1278 nm	W