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 27, 2012 at 08:14:00 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: 99%

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 Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 08:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 36'	North
Longitude:	141° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.90 meters/second, 1533.2 km/hour, 952.7 miles/hour or 827.9 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' 31.5"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.10 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 34.9"	952.49 mi	west	0° 04' 59.8"	5.73 mi	north	952.28 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 28.6"	752.47 mi	east	1° 35' 43.6"	109.75 mi	north	756.85 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
Honolulu	Mon 10:14 PM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Tue 10:14 PM	2554 km	1587 miles	1379 nm	SW
San Francisco	Tue 12:14 AM	2801 km	1740 miles	1512 nm	NE
Los Angeles	Tue 12:14 AM	2848 km	1770 miles	1538 nm	NE
Las Vegas	Tue 12:14 AM	3208 km	1994 miles	1732 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Tue 1:14 AM	3279 km	2038 miles	1771 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Tue 1:14 AM	3330 km	2069 miles	1798 nm	NE
Seattle	Tue 12:14 AM	3647 km	2266 miles	1969 nm	NNE
Salt Lake City	Tue 1:14 AM	3722 km	2313 miles	2010 nm	NE
Vancouver	Tue 12:14 AM	3770 km	2343 miles	2036 nm	NNE