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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 18:24:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 62%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||1° 42' ||South|
|Longitude: ||5° 43' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.56 meters/second, 1618.4 km/hour, 1005.6 miles/hour or 873.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 32.5"||16.76 mi||west||0° 00' 11.3"||0.22 mi||north||16.76 mi|
|1 hour||14° 32' 37.7"||1005.63 mi||west||0° 11' 21.7"||13.01 mi||north||1005.77 mi|
|24 hours||10° 48' 52.2"||747.77 mi||east||4° 29' 51.5"||309.05 mi||north||809.21 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|São Tomé||Wed 6:24 PM||253 km||157 miles||136 nm|| NNE|
|Port-Gentil||Wed 7:24 PM||358 km||223 miles||194 nm|| ENE|
|Libreville||Wed 7:24 PM||477 km||296 miles||257 nm|| ENE|
|Bata||Wed 7:24 PM||599 km||372 miles||323 nm|| NE|
|Malabo||Wed 7:24 PM||694 km||431 miles||375 nm|| NNE|
|Ebebiyín||Wed 7:24 PM||757 km||470 miles||409 nm|| NE|
|Pointe-Noire||Wed 7:24 PM||765 km||475 miles||413 nm|| ESE|
|Douala||Wed 7:24 PM||775 km||482 miles||418 nm|| NE|
|Dolisie||Wed 7:24 PM||822 km||511 miles||444 nm|| ESE|
|Cabinda||Wed 7:24 PM||837 km||520 miles||452 nm|| ESE|
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