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 Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 05:18:00 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: 67%

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 Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 05:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 21'	North
Longitude:	152° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.92 meters/second, 1619.7 km/hour, 1006.4 miles/hour or 874.6 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' 32.9"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 58.2"	1006.45 mi	west	0° 11' 16.1"	12.91 mi	north	1006.52 mi
24 hours	10° 43' 20.3"	741.71 mi	east	4° 25' 27.9"	304.02 mi	north	800.75 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
Kiritimati	Thu 7:18 PM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	WNW
Papeete	Wed 7:18 PM	2011 km	1250 miles	1086 nm	S
Fakaofo	Thu 6:18 PM	2304 km	1432 miles	1244 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Wed 7:18 PM	2381 km	1480 miles	1286 nm	NNW
Rarotonga	Wed 7:18 PM	2504 km	1556 miles	1352 nm	SSW
Apia *	Thu 7:18 PM	2611 km	1622 miles	1410 nm	SW
Baker Island	Wed 5:18 PM	2631 km	1635 miles	1420 nm	W
Alofi	Wed 6:18 PM	2844 km	1767 miles	1536 nm	SW
Funafuti	Thu 5:18 PM	3250 km	2020 miles	1755 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Thu 6:18 PM	3401 km	2113 miles	1836 nm	SW