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 06:34:00 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: 30%

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 06:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	South
Longitude:	145° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.10 meters/second, 1505.2 km/hour, 935.3 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' 31.9"	935.06 mi	west	0° 03' 27.5"	3.97 mi	north	935.24 mi
24 hours	13° 51' 22.9"	899.22 mi	east	1° 57' 25.3"	134.62 mi	north	914.66 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
Townsville	Sat 4:34 PM	205 km	127 miles	111 nm	NE
Cairns	Sat 4:34 PM	376 km	234 miles	203 nm	N
Brisbane	Sat 4:34 PM	1126 km	700 miles	608 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 4:34 PM	1217 km	756 miles	657 nm	N
Alice Springs	Sat 4:04 PM	1230 km	764 miles	664 nm	WSW
Sydney *	Sat 5:34 PM	1618 km	1006 miles	874 nm	SSE
Canberra *	Sat 5:34 PM	1707 km	1061 miles	922 nm	SSE
Adelaide *	Sat 5:04 PM	1749 km	1087 miles	944 nm	SSW
Darwin	Sat 4:04 PM	1759 km	1093 miles	950 nm	WNW
Melbourne *	Sat 5:34 PM	1944 km	1208 miles	1050 nm	S