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 17:16:00 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 17:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 44'	South
Longitude:	13° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.53 meters/second, 1557.1 km/hour, 967.5 miles/hour or 840.8 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"	16.13 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.13 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 36.0"	967.44 mi	west	0° 09' 05.6"	10.42 mi	north	967.83 mi
24 hours	12° 32' 27.7"	839.08 mi	east	3° 55' 50.7"	270.23 mi	north	888.06 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 5:16 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	E
Monrovia	Sun 5:16 PM	2344 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	N
Abidjan	Sun 5:16 PM	2443 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	NNE
Recife	Sun 2:16 PM	2464 km	1531 miles	1331 nm	WNW
Yamoussoukro	Sun 5:16 PM	2543 km	1580 miles	1373 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sun 5:16 PM	2568 km	1596 miles	1387 nm	N
Accra	Sun 5:16 PM	2668 km	1658 miles	1441 nm	NNE
Conakry	Sun 5:16 PM	2681 km	1666 miles	1448 nm	N
São Tomé	Sun 5:16 PM	2765 km	1718 miles	1493 nm	NE
Lome	Sun 5:16 PM	2810 km	1746 miles	1517 nm	NE