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 08:58:00 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: 45%

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 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 03'	South
Longitude:	127° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.10 meters/second, 1497.9 km/hour, 930.8 miles/hour or 808.8 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' 24.6"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 42.8"	930.54 mi	west	0° 01' 18.2"	1.50 mi	north	930.61 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 10.0"	898.77 mi	east	1° 08' 12.4"	78.21 mi	north	905.51 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
Alice Springs	Sat 6:28 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	ESE
Darwin	Sat 6:28 PM	1030 km	640 miles	556 nm	NNE
Eucla	Sat 5:43 PM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	S
Dili	Sat 5:58 PM	1391 km	865 miles	751 nm	N
Perth	Sat 4:58 PM	1646 km	1023 miles	889 nm	SW
Denpasar	Sat 4:58 PM	1870 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	NW
Adelaide	Sat 6:28 PM	1907 km	1185 miles	1030 nm	SSE
Makassar	Sat 4:58 PM	1946 km	1209 miles	1051 nm	NNW
Cairns	Sat 6:58 PM	2017 km	1254 miles	1089 nm	E
Surabaya	Sat 3:58 PM	2171 km	1349 miles	1172 nm	NW