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 23:34:00 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: 23%

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 23:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 11'	South
Longitude:	117° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.45 meters/second, 1535.2 km/hour, 953.9 miles/hour or 829.0 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' 25.9"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 53.9"	953.80 mi	west	0° 07' 33.1"	8.66 mi	north	954.16 mi
24 hours	13° 11' 53.4"	872.31 mi	east	3° 25' 42.1"	235.74 mi	north	910.85 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
Easter Island *	Sat 6:34 PM	1389 km	863 miles	750 nm	SE
Adamstown	Sat 3:34 PM	1561 km	970 miles	843 nm	SW
Papeete	Sat 1:34 PM	3391 km	2107 miles	1831 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Sat 5:34 PM	3559 km	2212 miles	1922 nm	ENE
Lima	Sat 6:34 PM	4402 km	2735 miles	2377 nm	E
Rarotonga	Sat 1:34 PM	4442 km	2760 miles	2399 nm	WSW
Mexico City	Sat 5:34 PM	4527 km	2813 miles	2444 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Sat 5:34 PM	4607 km	2863 miles	2488 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sat 5:34 PM	4630 km	2877 miles	2500 nm	NE
Quito	Sat 6:34 PM	4679 km	2907 miles	2526 nm	ENE