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 04:46:00 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 04:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 53'	South
Longitude:	127° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.85 meters/second, 1525.9 km/hour, 948.1 miles/hour or 823.9 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"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 50.6"	947.90 mi	west	0° 07' 09.9"	8.21 mi	south	947.61 mi
24 hours	14° 38' 00.0"	963.43 mi	east	2° 14' 24.2"	154.09 mi	south	969.41 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	Wed 2:16 PM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	NNE
Kupang	Wed 12:46 PM	941 km	585 miles	508 nm	NNW
Alice Springs	Wed 2:16 PM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	SE
Suai	Wed 1:46 PM	972 km	604 miles	525 nm	NNW
Same	Wed 1:46 PM	997 km	620 miles	538 nm	N
Dili	Wed 1:46 PM	1047 km	651 miles	566 nm	N
Eucla	Wed 1:31 PM	1537 km	955 miles	830 nm	S
Makassar	Wed 12:46 PM	1647 km	1024 miles	889 nm	NNW
Denpasar	Wed 12:46 PM	1652 km	1027 miles	892 nm	NW
Malang	Wed 11:46 AM	1915 km	1190 miles	1034 nm	WNW