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 05:24:00 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: 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 05:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 20'	South
Longitude:	162° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.89 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' 27.4"	934.59 mi	west	0° 03' 18.2"	3.79 mi	north	934.76 mi
24 hours	13° 53' 27.0"	901.09 mi	east	1° 54' 01.5"	130.73 mi	north	915.81 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 4:24 PM	508 km	315 miles	274 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sat 4:24 PM	724 km	450 miles	391 nm	ENE
Brisbane	Sat 3:24 PM	1208 km	750 miles	652 nm	SW
Honiara	Sat 4:24 PM	1227 km	762 miles	663 nm	N
Suva	Sat 5:24 PM	1742 km	1083 miles	941 nm	E
Cairns	Sat 3:24 PM	1753 km	1089 miles	947 nm	W
Sydney *	Sat 4:24 PM	1839 km	1143 miles	993 nm	SSW
Port Moresby	Sat 3:24 PM	1996 km	1240 miles	1078 nm	NW
Canberra *	Sat 4:24 PM	2082 km	1294 miles	1124 nm	SW
Auckland *	Sat 6:24 PM	2210 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	SSE