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 14:32:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM
This phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 14:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 57'	South
Longitude:	50° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.75 meters/second, 1604.7 km/hour, 997.1 miles/hour or 866.5 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' 31.1"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 15.2"	997.11 mi	west	0° 11' 09.5"	12.78 mi	north	997.39 mi
24 hours	11° 14' 41.0"	772.16 mi	east	4° 31' 17.9"	310.72 mi	north	835.02 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 6:32 PM	587 km	364 miles	317 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Tue 5:32 PM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	SW
Mutsamudu	Tue 5:32 PM	900 km	559 miles	486 nm	SW
Moroni	Tue 5:32 PM	963 km	599 miles	520 nm	WSW
Mogadishu	Tue 5:32 PM	1159 km	720 miles	626 nm	NNW
Dar es Salaam	Tue 5:32 PM	1261 km	784 miles	681 nm	W
Antananarivo	Tue 5:32 PM	1367 km	850 miles	738 nm	SSW
Saint-Denis	Tue 6:32 PM	1623 km	1009 miles	877 nm	SSE
Port Louis	Tue 6:32 PM	1636 km	1016 miles	883 nm	SSE
Dodoma	Tue 5:32 PM	1656 km	1029 miles	894 nm	W