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 Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 14:42:00 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: 61%

Previous 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 Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 14:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 24'	South
Longitude:	59° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.29 meters/second, 1617.4 km/hour, 1005.0 miles/hour or 873.3 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' 32.4"	16.75 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 29.2"	1005.03 mi	west	0° 11' 22.4"	13.03 mi	north	1005.18 mi
24 hours	10° 51' 18.8"	750.26 mi	east	4° 30' 53.2"	310.22 mi	north	812.29 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	Wed 6:42 PM	514 km	319 miles	278 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Wed 8:42 PM	1531 km	951 miles	827 nm	ESE
Mogadishu	Wed 5:42 PM	1653 km	1027 miles	892 nm	WNW
Male	Wed 7:42 PM	1718 km	1068 miles	928 nm	ENE
Port Louis	Wed 6:42 PM	1977 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	S
Moroni	Wed 5:42 PM	2061 km	1280 miles	1113 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Wed 6:42 PM	2091 km	1299 miles	1129 nm	SSW
Antananarivo	Wed 5:42 PM	2247 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	SW
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 8:12 PM	2280 km	1417 miles	1231 nm	ENE
Dar es Salaam	Wed 5:42 PM	2297 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	WSW