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 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: 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 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 03'	South
Longitude:	156° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.02 meters/second, 1504.9 km/hour, 935.1 miles/hour or 812.6 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' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 06.5"	934.84 mi	west	0° 03' 57.8"	4.55 mi	south	934.65 mi
24 hours	14° 45' 35.0"	959.16 mi	east	0° 53' 49.8"	61.72 mi	south	958.37 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
Brisbane	Thu 1:46 PM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	SSW
Noumea	Thu 2:46 PM	1085 km	674 miles	586 nm	ESE
Cairns	Thu 1:46 PM	1161 km	721 miles	627 nm	WNW
Honiara	Thu 2:46 PM	1241 km	771 miles	670 nm	NNE
Port Vila	Thu 2:46 PM	1295 km	805 miles	699 nm	E
Port Moresby	Thu 1:46 PM	1526 km	948 miles	824 nm	NW
Sydney *	Thu 2:46 PM	1610 km	1000 miles	869 nm	SSW
Canberra *	Thu 2:46 PM	1827 km	1135 miles	986 nm	SSW
Melbourne *	Thu 2:46 PM	2251 km	1399 miles	1216 nm	SSW
Suva	Thu 3:46 PM	2340 km	1454 miles	1263 nm	E