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 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 03:46:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 16'	South
Longitude:	127° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.35 meters/second, 1556.5 km/hour, 967.1 miles/hour or 840.4 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' 25.2"	16.12 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.12 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 18.8"	966.94 mi	west	0° 09' 57.6"	11.41 mi	south	966.65 mi
24 hours	14° 09' 40.2"	949.47 mi	east	3° 29' 58.6"	240.65 mi	south	971.75 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	Tue 1:16 PM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	ENE
Suai	Tue 12:46 PM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	NNW
Same	Tue 12:46 PM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	NNW
Kupang	Tue 11:46 AM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	NW
Dili	Tue 12:46 PM	664 km	413 miles	359 nm	NNW
Ende	Tue 11:46 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	NW
Alice Springs	Tue 1:16 PM	1242 km	772 miles	671 nm	SSE
Kendari	Tue 11:46 AM	1261 km	784 miles	681 nm	NNW
Makassar	Tue 11:46 AM	1342 km	834 miles	724 nm	NW
Denpasar	Tue 11:46 AM	1472 km	915 miles	795 nm	WNW