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 28, 2012 at 14:46:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM
This phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 28'	North
Longitude:	135° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.69 meters/second, 1514.5 km/hour, 941.1 miles/hour or 817.8 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' 30.9"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 56.8"	940.80 mi	west	0° 02' 14.5"	2.57 mi	north	940.69 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 10.8"	756.43 mi	east	0° 27' 19.3"	31.33 mi	north	755.95 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 12:46 AM	1258 km	781 miles	679 nm	SE
Kagoshima	Wed 11:46 PM	1325 km	823 miles	715 nm	NNW
Melekeok	Wed 11:46 PM	1438 km	893 miles	776 nm	S
Kumamoto	Wed 11:46 PM	1445 km	898 miles	780 nm	NNW
Taipei	Wed 10:46 PM	1516 km	942 miles	819 nm	WNW
Fukuoka	Wed 11:46 PM	1544 km	960 miles	834 nm	NNW
Kitakyushu	Wed 11:46 PM	1553 km	965 miles	838 nm	NNW
Osaka	Wed 11:46 PM	1573 km	978 miles	849 nm	N
Kobe	Wed 11:46 PM	1575 km	979 miles	851 nm	N
Hamamatsu	Wed 11:46 PM	1594 km	990 miles	861 nm	N