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 05:14:00 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: 66%

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 05:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 21'	North
Longitude:	151° 53'	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' 58.1"	1006.45 mi	west	0° 11' 16.2"	12.91 mi	north	1006.52 mi
24 hours	10° 43' 21.9"	741.74 mi	east	4° 25' 29.9"	304.06 mi	north	800.80 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 7:14 PM	630 km	392 miles	340 nm	WNW
Papeete	Wed 7:14 PM	1994 km	1239 miles	1076 nm	S
Fakaofo	Thu 6:14 PM	2399 km	1491 miles	1295 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Wed 7:14 PM	2409 km	1497 miles	1301 nm	NNW
Rarotonga	Wed 7:14 PM	2537 km	1576 miles	1370 nm	SSW
Apia *	Thu 7:14 PM	2696 km	1675 miles	1456 nm	SW
Baker Island	Wed 5:14 PM	2739 km	1702 miles	1479 nm	W
Alofi	Wed 6:14 PM	2913 km	1810 miles	1573 nm	SW
Funafuti	Thu 5:14 PM	3353 km	2083 miles	1810 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Thu 6:14 PM	3475 km	2159 miles	1876 nm	SW