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 15:46:00 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: 20%

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 15:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 07'	South
Longitude:	5° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.92 meters/second, 1526.1 km/hour, 948.3 miles/hour or 824.0 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' 25.1"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 09.5"	948.12 mi	west	0° 06' 43.9"	7.72 mi	north	948.46 mi
24 hours	13° 29' 49.0"	887.50 mi	east	3° 09' 04.3"	216.70 mi	north	920.85 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
Jamestown	Sat 3:46 PM	250 km	155 miles	135 nm	NNW
Luanda	Sat 4:46 PM	2233 km	1388 miles	1206 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Sat 5:46 PM	2369 km	1472 miles	1279 nm	ESE
São Tomé	Sat 3:46 PM	2418 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	NNE
Abidjan	Sat 3:46 PM	2594 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	N
Libreville	Sat 4:46 PM	2595 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	NE
Accra	Sat 3:46 PM	2671 km	1660 miles	1442 nm	NNE
Kinshasa	Sat 4:46 PM	2697 km	1676 miles	1456 nm	ENE
Brazzaville	Sat 4:46 PM	2698 km	1677 miles	1457 nm	ENE
Yamoussoukro	Sat 3:46 PM	2757 km	1713 miles	1489 nm	N