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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 00:56:00 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: 33%

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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 00:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 32'	South
Longitude:	124° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.15 meters/second, 1566.5 km/hour, 973.4 miles/hour or 845.9 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' 28.2"	16.22 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.22 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 18.9"	973.31 mi	west	0° 09' 37.4"	11.03 mi	north	973.70 mi
24 hours	12° 16' 32.3"	825.64 mi	east	4° 05' 48.0"	281.61 mi	north	878.37 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
Adamstown	Sun 4:56 PM	1418 km	881 miles	766 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Sun 7:56 PM	2155 km	1339 miles	1164 nm	SE
Papeete	Sun 2:56 PM	2754 km	1711 miles	1487 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Sun 2:56 PM	3866 km	2402 miles	2087 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 2:56 PM	4034 km	2507 miles	2178 nm	WNW
Galapagos Islands	Sun 6:56 PM	4061 km	2523 miles	2193 nm	ENE
Mexico City	Sun 6:56 PM	4566 km	2837 miles	2465 nm	NE
Guatemala	Sun 6:56 PM	4843 km	3010 miles	2615 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sun 6:56 PM	4897 km	3043 miles	2644 nm	NE
Alofi	Sun 1:56 PM	4910 km	3051 miles	2651 nm	WSW