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 02:16:00 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: 34%

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 02:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 20'	South
Longitude:	143° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.60 meters/second, 1568.1 km/hour, 974.4 miles/hour or 846.7 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' 28.4"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.18 mi	north	16.24 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 26.2"	974.32 mi	west	0° 09' 42.3"	11.12 mi	north	974.71 mi
24 hours	12° 13' 52.0"	823.38 mi	east	4° 07' 20.9"	283.38 mi	north	876.70 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
Taiohae	Sun 4:46 PM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	NE
Papeete	Sun 4:16 PM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	SW
Adamstown	Sun 6:16 PM	1914 km	1189 miles	1034 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sun 4:16 PM	1937 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 4:16 PM	2271 km	1411 miles	1226 nm	NW
Alofi	Sun 3:16 PM	2891 km	1797 miles	1561 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Mon 3:16 PM	3057 km	1899 miles	1651 nm	W
Apia *	Mon 4:16 PM	3058 km	1900 miles	1651 nm	W
Nukualofa	Mon 3:16 PM	3473 km	2158 miles	1875 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sun 9:16 PM	3865 km	2402 miles	2087 nm	ESE