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 03:32:00 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 03:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 07'	South
Longitude:	161° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.02 meters/second, 1569.7 km/hour, 975.3 miles/hour or 847.6 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' 28.4"	16.26 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 33.0"	975.27 mi	west	0° 09' 47.1"	11.21 mi	north	975.65 mi
24 hours	12° 11' 21.2"	821.25 mi	east	4° 08' 46.5"	285.00 mi	north	875.13 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
Rarotonga	Sun 5:32 PM	924 km	574 miles	499 nm	SSE
Pago Pago	Sun 4:32 PM	967 km	601 miles	522 nm	W
Apia *	Mon 5:32 PM	1078 km	670 miles	582 nm	W
Alofi	Sun 4:32 PM	1085 km	674 miles	586 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Mon 4:32 PM	1107 km	688 miles	598 nm	WNW
Papeete	Sun 5:32 PM	1405 km	873 miles	758 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Mon 4:32 PM	1674 km	1040 miles	904 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Mon 5:32 PM	1731 km	1075 miles	934 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Mon 3:32 PM	2133 km	1325 miles	1152 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Sun 3:32 PM	2186 km	1358 miles	1180 nm	NW