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 13:42:00 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: 50%

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 13:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 07'	South
Longitude:	62° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.58 meters/second, 1604.1 km/hour, 996.7 miles/hour or 866.1 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' 31.1"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 12.2"	996.72 mi	west	0° 11' 08.5"	12.76 mi	north	997.00 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 43.3"	773.09 mi	east	4° 31' 06.0"	310.49 mi	north	835.88 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
Victoria	Tue 5:42 PM	858 km	533 miles	464 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Tue 7:42 PM	1063 km	660 miles	574 nm	E
Port Louis	Tue 5:42 PM	1554 km	965 miles	839 nm	SSW
Saint-Denis	Tue 5:42 PM	1717 km	1067 miles	927 nm	SSW
Male	Tue 6:42 PM	1725 km	1072 miles	931 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Tue 4:42 PM	2107 km	1309 miles	1138 nm	SW
Mogadishu	Tue 4:42 PM	2188 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	WNW
Moroni	Tue 4:42 PM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	WSW
Thiruvananthapuram	Tue 7:12 PM	2334 km	1450 miles	1260 nm	NE
Colombo	Tue 7:12 PM	2449 km	1522 miles	1323 nm	NE