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 07:24:00 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: 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 07:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 14'	South
Longitude:	133° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.25 meters/second, 1505.7 km/hour, 935.6 miles/hour or 813.0 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' 24.5"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 35.3"	935.40 mi	west	0° 03' 34.1"	4.09 mi	north	935.59 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 53.3"	897.89 mi	east	1° 59' 49.5"	137.37 mi	north	913.83 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	Sat 4:54 PM	391 km	243 miles	211 nm	S
Darwin	Sat 4:54 PM	895 km	556 miles	483 nm	NNW
Eucla	Sat 4:09 PM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	SSW
Cairns	Sat 5:24 PM	1377 km	856 miles	744 nm	ENE
Dili	Sat 4:24 PM	1527 km	949 miles	824 nm	NNW
Adelaide *	Sat 5:54 PM	1714 km	1065 miles	925 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Sat 5:24 PM	1919 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	NE
Jayapura	Sat 4:24 PM	2120 km	1318 miles	1145 nm	NNE
Manokwari	Sat 4:24 PM	2144 km	1332 miles	1158 nm	N
Perth	Sat 3:24 PM	2162 km	1343 miles	1167 nm	SW