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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 01:06:00 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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 01:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 60'	South
Longitude:	139° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.96 meters/second, 1537.1 km/hour, 955.1 miles/hour or 830.0 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"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 02.7"	954.95 mi	west	0° 07' 42.3"	8.83 mi	north	955.32 mi
24 hours	13° 08' 22.8"	869.35 mi	east	3° 28' 43.4"	239.20 mi	north	908.87 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
Gambier Islands	Sat 4:06 PM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	SE
Taiohae	Sat 3:36 PM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	N
Papeete	Sat 3:06 PM	1045 km	649 miles	564 nm	W
Adamstown	Sat 5:06 PM	1343 km	835 miles	725 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sat 3:06 PM	2156 km	1340 miles	1164 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 3:06 PM	2842 km	1766 miles	1535 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 2:06 PM	3198 km	1987 miles	1727 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sat 8:06 PM	3323 km	2065 miles	1794 nm	ESE
Apia *	Sun 3:06 PM	3450 km	2144 miles	1863 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 2:06 PM	3510 km	2181 miles	1895 nm	W