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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 05:20:00 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: 29%

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 Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 21'	South
Longitude:	162° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.88 meters/second, 1504.4 km/hour, 934.8 miles/hour or 812.3 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' 24.3"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 03.1"	0.06 mi	north	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 27.2"	934.56 mi	west	0° 03' 17.6"	3.78 mi	north	934.73 mi
24 hours	13° 53' 34.1"	901.19 mi	east	1° 53' 49.8"	130.51 mi	north	915.88 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
Noumea	Sat 4:20 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sat 4:20 PM	633 km	393 miles	342 nm	ENE
Honiara	Sat 4:20 PM	1250 km	777 miles	675 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Sat 3:20 PM	1283 km	797 miles	693 nm	SW
Suva	Sat 5:20 PM	1643 km	1021 miles	887 nm	E
Cairns	Sat 3:20 PM	1852 km	1151 miles	1000 nm	W
Sydney *	Sat 4:20 PM	1895 km	1178 miles	1023 nm	SW
Port Moresby	Sat 3:20 PM	2080 km	1292 miles	1123 nm	WNW
Canberra *	Sat 4:20 PM	2140 km	1330 miles	1155 nm	SW
Auckland *	Sat 6:20 PM	2158 km	1341 miles	1165 nm	SSE