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 Sunday, October 21, 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: 40%

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 Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 06:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 20'	South
Longitude:	161° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.93 meters/second, 1526.2 km/hour, 948.3 miles/hour or 824.1 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' 26.3"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 18.6"	948.15 mi	west	0° 06' 19.3"	7.25 mi	north	948.46 mi
24 hours	13° 05' 42.8"	859.97 mi	east	2° 58' 36.6"	204.72 mi	north	890.79 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	Sun 5:24 PM	679 km	422 miles	366 nm	SE
Port Vila	Sun 5:24 PM	729 km	453 miles	394 nm	E
Honiara	Sun 5:24 PM	999 km	621 miles	539 nm	N
Brisbane	Sun 4:24 PM	1330 km	827 miles	718 nm	SW
Cairns	Sun 4:24 PM	1672 km	1039 miles	903 nm	W
Suva *	Sun 7:24 PM	1794 km	1114 miles	968 nm	E
Port Moresby	Sun 4:24 PM	1828 km	1136 miles	987 nm	WNW
Sydney *	Sun 5:24 PM	2000 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	SSW
Yaren	Sun 6:24 PM	2058 km	1279 miles	1111 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Sun 6:24 PM	2206 km	1371 miles	1191 nm	ENE