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 16:56:00 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: 30%

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 16:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 47'	South
Longitude:	8° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.41 meters/second, 1556.7 km/hour, 967.3 miles/hour or 840.5 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' 27.5"	16.12 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.12 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 34.1"	967.18 mi	west	0° 09' 04.0"	10.39 mi	north	967.57 mi
24 hours	12° 33' 10.4"	839.68 mi	east	3° 55' 22.4"	269.69 mi	north	888.49 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	Sun 4:56 PM	323 km	201 miles	174 nm	ESE
Abidjan	Sun 4:56 PM	2277 km	1415 miles	1230 nm	NNE
Monrovia	Sun 4:56 PM	2347 km	1459 miles	1268 nm	N
São Tomé	Sun 4:56 PM	2367 km	1471 miles	1278 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Sun 4:56 PM	2415 km	1501 miles	1304 nm	N
Accra	Sun 4:56 PM	2427 km	1508 miles	1310 nm	NNE
Luanda	Sun 5:56 PM	2455 km	1525 miles	1325 nm	ENE
Lome	Sun 4:56 PM	2549 km	1584 miles	1376 nm	NNE
Libreville	Sun 5:56 PM	2592 km	1611 miles	1400 nm	NE
Freetown	Sun 4:56 PM	2626 km	1632 miles	1418 nm	NNW