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, October 17, 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 4%

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 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 46'	South
Longitude:	141° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.16 meters/second, 1527.0 km/hour, 948.8 miles/hour or 824.5 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' 23.8"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	south	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 53.5"	948.60 mi	west	0° 07' 17.5"	8.36 mi	south	948.31 mi
24 hours	14° 37' 13.1"	963.22 mi	east	2° 17' 44.0"	157.90 mi	south	969.71 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	Wed 1:46 PM	449 km	279 miles	242 nm	ENE
Alice Springs	Wed 1:16 PM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	SW
Port Moresby	Wed 1:46 PM	1097 km	682 miles	592 nm	NNE
Darwin	Wed 1:16 PM	1300 km	808 miles	702 nm	WNW
Brisbane	Wed 1:46 PM	1587 km	986 miles	857 nm	SE
Jayapura	Wed 12:46 PM	1687 km	1048 miles	911 nm	N
Adelaide *	Wed 2:16 PM	1927 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	S
Eucla	Wed 12:31 PM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	SW
Dili	Wed 12:46 PM	2016 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	WNW
Sydney *	Wed 2:46 PM	2023 km	1257 miles	1092 nm	SSE