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 06:56:00 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: 41%

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 06:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 17'	South
Longitude:	153° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.09 meters/second, 1526.7 km/hour, 948.7 miles/hour or 824.4 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' 06.3"	0.12 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 21.2"	948.50 mi	west	0° 06' 22.7"	7.31 mi	north	948.82 mi
24 hours	13° 04' 39.3"	859.09 mi	east	2° 59' 47.5"	206.07 mi	north	890.26 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
Cairns	Sun 4:56 PM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	W
Brisbane	Sun 4:56 PM	1020 km	634 miles	551 nm	S
Honiara	Sun 5:56 PM	1186 km	737 miles	640 nm	NE
Port Moresby	Sun 4:56 PM	1207 km	750 miles	652 nm	NW
Noumea	Sun 5:56 PM	1396 km	868 miles	754 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sun 5:56 PM	1542 km	958 miles	833 nm	E
Sydney *	Sun 5:56 PM	1745 km	1084 miles	942 nm	S
Canberra *	Sun 5:56 PM	1939 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	SSW
Alice Springs	Sun 4:26 PM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Sun 3:56 PM	2250 km	1398 miles	1215 nm	NW