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 Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 07:48:00 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: 44%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 07:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 04'	South
Longitude:	143° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.02 meters/second, 1497.7 km/hour, 930.6 miles/hour or 808.7 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' 24.6"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 40.5"	930.36 mi	west	0° 01' 08.5"	1.31 mi	north	930.42 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 26.4"	900.00 mi	east	1° 04' 31.4"	73.98 mi	north	906.22 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
Cairns	Sat 5:48 PM	499 km	310 miles	269 nm	NNE
Alice Springs	Sat 5:18 PM	1075 km	668 miles	580 nm	WSW
Brisbane	Sat 5:48 PM	1165 km	724 miles	629 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 5:48 PM	1332 km	828 miles	719 nm	NNE
Sydney	Sat 5:48 PM	1590 km	988 miles	858 nm	SSE
Adelaide	Sat 5:18 PM	1622 km	1008 miles	876 nm	SSW
Canberra	Sat 5:48 PM	1656 km	1029 miles	894 nm	SSE
Darwin	Sat 5:18 PM	1686 km	1048 miles	910 nm	WNW
Melbourne	Sat 5:48 PM	1859 km	1155 miles	1004 nm	S
Eucla	Sat 4:33 PM	1902 km	1182 miles	1027 nm	SW