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 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: 45%

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

Latitude:	8° 58'	South
Longitude:	149° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.19 meters/second, 1595.5 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 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' 30.5"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 30.8"	991.37 mi	west	0° 10' 52.6"	12.46 mi	north	991.69 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 39.9"	785.43 mi	east	4° 27' 28.1"	306.35 mi	north	846.80 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
Papeete	Mon 5:32 PM	947 km	588 miles	511 nm	S
Kiritimati	Tue 5:32 PM	1471 km	914 miles	794 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Mon 5:32 PM	1738 km	1080 miles	938 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Tue 4:32 PM	2373 km	1474 miles	1281 nm	W
Alofi	Mon 4:32 PM	2454 km	1525 miles	1325 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 5:32 PM	2472 km	1536 miles	1335 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Mon 7:32 PM	2732 km	1697 miles	1475 nm	SE
Nukualofa	Tue 4:32 PM	3052 km	1897 miles	1648 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Mon 3:32 PM	3143 km	1953 miles	1697 nm	WNW
Funafuti	Tue 3:32 PM	3425 km	2128 miles	1850 nm	W