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 12:24:00 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: 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 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 28'	South
Longitude:	43° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.88 meters/second, 1522.4 km/hour, 946.0 miles/hour or 822.0 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' 24.7"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 50.9"	945.80 mi	west	0° 06' 20.9"	7.28 mi	north	946.12 mi
24 hours	13° 37' 31.8"	894.08 mi	east	3° 01' 14.7"	207.74 mi	north	925.12 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
Antsirabe	Sat 3:24 PM	410 km	255 miles	221 nm	ESE
Antananarivo	Sat 3:24 PM	435 km	270 miles	235 nm	E
Nampula	Sat 2:24 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	NW
Toamasina	Sat 3:24 PM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	E
Mamoutzou	Sat 3:24 PM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	NNE
Mutsamudu	Sat 3:24 PM	706 km	439 miles	381 nm	N
Moroni	Sat 3:24 PM	753 km	468 miles	407 nm	N
Beira	Sat 2:24 PM	915 km	569 miles	494 nm	W
Lilongwe	Sat 2:24 PM	1144 km	711 miles	618 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Sat 4:24 PM	1289 km	801 miles	696 nm	ESE