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 12:34:00 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: 28%

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 12:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 26'	South
Longitude:	54° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.90 meters/second, 1551.2 km/hour, 963.9 miles/hour or 837.6 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' 27.0"	16.07 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.07 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 09.1"	963.79 mi	west	0° 08' 43.7"	10.00 mi	north	964.17 mi
24 hours	12° 42' 37.7"	847.65 mi	east	3° 48' 50.4"	262.21 mi	north	894.08 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
Port Louis	Sun 4:34 PM	606 km	376 miles	327 nm	SSE
Saint-Denis	Sun 4:34 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	S
Toamasina	Sun 3:34 PM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Sun 3:34 PM	850 km	528 miles	459 nm	WSW
Antsirabe	Sun 3:34 PM	944 km	587 miles	510 nm	WSW
Victoria	Sun 4:34 PM	1199 km	745 miles	647 nm	N
Moroni	Sun 3:34 PM	1294 km	804 miles	698 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Sun 3:34 PM	1927 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Sun 6:34 PM	2135 km	1327 miles	1153 nm	ENE
Mogadishu	Sun 3:34 PM	2186 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	NNW