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 Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 01:32:00 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: 44%

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 Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 01:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 20'	South
Longitude:	120° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.67 meters/second, 1593.6 km/hour, 990.2 miles/hour or 860.5 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' 30.2"	16.50 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	north	16.51 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.9"	990.19 mi	west	0° 10' 48.6"	12.38 mi	north	990.53 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 40.6"	788.06 mi	east	4° 26' 28.5"	305.22 mi	north	849.03 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	Mon 5:32 PM	2009 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Mon 8:32 PM	2296 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	SSE
Papeete	Mon 3:32 PM	3257 km	2024 miles	1759 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Mon 7:32 PM	3562 km	2213 miles	1923 nm	ENE
Mexico City	Mon 7:32 PM	3960 km	2460 miles	2138 nm	NE
Guatemala	Mon 7:32 PM	4249 km	2640 miles	2294 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Tue 3:32 PM	4254 km	2643 miles	2297 nm	WNW
San Salvador	Mon 7:32 PM	4307 km	2676 miles	2326 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Mon 3:32 PM	4391 km	2728 miles	2371 nm	WSW
Managua	Mon 7:32 PM	4484 km	2786 miles	2421 nm	ENE