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, March 14, 2012 at 19:50:00 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: 53%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 60'	South
Longitude:	150° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.56 meters/second, 1488.8 km/hour, 925.1 miles/hour or 803.9 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' 25.0"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 02.4"	924.84 mi	west	0° 00' 53.3"	1.02 mi	north	924.89 mi
24 hours	13° 45' 13.0"	882.29 mi	east	0° 58' 46.3"	67.40 mi	north	887.85 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
Rockhampton	Thu 5:50 AM	154 km	95 miles	83 nm	S
Mackay	Thu 5:50 AM	156 km	97 miles	84 nm	NW
Lindeman Island	Thu 5:50 AM	221 km	137 miles	119 nm	NW
Brisbane	Thu 5:50 AM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	SSE
Cairns	Thu 5:50 AM	741 km	461 miles	400 nm	NW
Sydney *	Thu 6:50 AM	1318 km	819 miles	712 nm	S
Port Moresby	Thu 5:50 AM	1429 km	888 miles	772 nm	NNW
Canberra *	Thu 6:50 AM	1478 km	918 miles	798 nm	S
Alice Springs	Thu 5:20 AM	1705 km	1060 miles	921 nm	W
Honiara	Thu 6:50 AM	1726 km	1072 miles	932 nm	NE