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 Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 02:46:00 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: 10%

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 Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 02:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 59'	South
Longitude:	170° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.21 meters/second, 1505.5 km/hour, 935.5 miles/hour or 812.9 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' 23.0"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 07.5"	935.26 mi	west	0° 04' 06.7"	4.71 mi	south	935.07 mi
24 hours	345° 14' 18.3"	959.70 mi	west	0° 57' 25.9"	65.85 mi	south	959.00 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
Port Vila	Thu 1:46 PM	350 km	218 miles	189 nm	NW
Noumea	Thu 1:46 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	WSW
Nadi	Thu 2:46 PM	753 km	468 miles	406 nm	ENE
Lautoka	Thu 2:46 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	ENE
Suva	Thu 2:46 PM	843 km	524 miles	455 nm	ENE
Nukualofa	Thu 3:46 PM	1480 km	920 miles	799 nm	E
Funafuti	Thu 2:46 PM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	NE
Honiara	Thu 1:46 PM	1639 km	1018 miles	885 nm	NW
Auckland *	Thu 3:46 PM	1911 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	S
Brisbane	Thu 12:46 PM	1976 km	1228 miles	1067 nm	WSW