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 Friday, October 19, 2012 at 06:24:00 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: 19%

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 Friday, October 19, 2012 at 06:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 58'	South
Longitude:	133° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.66 meters/second, 1496.4 km/hour, 929.8 miles/hour or 808.0 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' 23.2"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 20.3"	929.57 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	north	929.57 mi
24 hours	14° 27' 50.5"	934.41 mi	east	0° 40' 41.8"	46.66 mi	north	937.66 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
Alice Springs	Fri 3:54 PM	312 km	194 miles	169 nm	SSE
Darwin	Fri 3:54 PM	972 km	604 miles	525 nm	NNW
Eucla	Fri 3:09 PM	1260 km	783 miles	680 nm	SSW
Cairns	Fri 4:24 PM	1404 km	872 miles	758 nm	ENE
Dili	Fri 3:24 PM	1595 km	991 miles	861 nm	NNW
Adelaide *	Fri 4:54 PM	1638 km	1018 miles	884 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Fri 4:24 PM	1973 km	1226 miles	1065 nm	NE
Perth	Fri 2:24 PM	2105 km	1308 miles	1137 nm	SW
Brisbane	Fri 4:24 PM	2142 km	1331 miles	1156 nm	ESE
Melbourne *	Fri 5:24 PM	2188 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	SSE