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, July 26, 2012 at 08:56:00 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: 50%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 08:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 15° 08' | South |
| Longitude: | 131° 55' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.60 meters/second, 1553.8 km/hour, 965.5 miles/hour or 839.0 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' 27.2" | 16.09 mi | west | 0° 00' 09.5" | 0.18 mi | south | 16.09 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 27' 14.5" | 965.25 mi | west | 0° 09' 25.7" | 10.80 mi | south | 964.95 mi |
| 24 hours | 13° 25' 01.1" | 896.02 mi | east | 3° 19' 32.9" | 228.72 mi | south | 917.43 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 |
|---|
| Darwin | Thu 6:26 PM | 317 km | 197 miles | 171 nm |  NNW |
| Same | Thu 5:56 PM | 962 km | 598 miles | 519 nm |  NW |
| Suai | Thu 5:56 PM | 969 km | 602 miles | 523 nm | NW |
| Alice Springs | Thu 6:26 PM | 970 km | 603 miles | 524 nm |  SSE |
| Dili | Thu 5:56 PM | 1003 km | 623 miles | 542 nm | NW |
| Cairns | Thu 6:56 PM | 1496 km | 929 miles | 808 nm |  E |
| Manokwari | Thu 5:56 PM | 1595 km | 991 miles | 861 nm |  N |
| Jayapura | Thu 5:56 PM | 1694 km | 1053 miles | 915 nm |  NE |
| Makassar | Thu 4:56 PM | 1759 km | 1093 miles | 950 nm | NW |
| Port Moresby | Thu 6:56 PM | 1775 km | 1103 miles | 958 nm |  ENE |
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