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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 05:34:00 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 05:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 24'	North
Longitude:	156° 44'	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' 33.0"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 58.5"	1006.45 mi	west	0° 11' 15.9"	12.90 mi	north	1006.52 mi
24 hours	10° 43' 14.1"	741.58 mi	east	4° 25' 20.1"	303.87 mi	north	800.56 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 7:34 PM	175 km	109 miles	94 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Thu 6:34 PM	1937 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	SW
Papeete	Wed 7:34 PM	2134 km	1326 miles	1152 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Wed 5:34 PM	2199 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	W
Apia *	Thu 7:34 PM	2287 km	1421 miles	1235 nm	SW
Honolulu	Wed 7:34 PM	2316 km	1439 miles	1251 nm	N
Rarotonga	Wed 7:34 PM	2417 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	S
Alofi	Wed 6:34 PM	2590 km	1610 miles	1399 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Thu 5:34 PM	2845 km	1768 miles	1536 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Thu 6:34 PM	3117 km	1937 miles	1683 nm	SW