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 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: 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 06:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	South
Longitude:	147° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.07 meters/second, 1505.0 km/hour, 935.2 miles/hour or 812.7 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' 24.5"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 03.3"	0.06 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 31.3"	934.99 mi	west	0° 03' 26.1"	3.94 mi	north	935.17 mi
24 hours	13° 51' 40.6"	899.49 mi	east	1° 56' 56.3"	134.07 mi	north	914.82 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
Townsville	Sat 4:24 PM	145 km	90 miles	78 nm	NW
Lindeman Island	Sat 4:24 PM	151 km	94 miles	82 nm	E
Mackay	Sat 4:24 PM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	ESE
Cairns	Sat 4:24 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Sat 4:24 PM	968 km	602 miles	523 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Sat 4:24 PM	1200 km	745 miles	648 nm	N
Alice Springs	Sat 3:54 PM	1467 km	912 miles	792 nm	WSW
Sydney *	Sat 5:24 PM	1546 km	961 miles	835 nm	SSE
Canberra *	Sat 5:24 PM	1669 km	1037 miles	901 nm	S
Honiara	Sat 5:24 PM	1790 km	1112 miles	966 nm	NE