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 07:06:00 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 07:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 16'	South
Longitude:	151° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.14 meters/second, 1526.9 km/hour, 948.8 miles/hour or 824.5 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' 22.2"	948.61 mi	west	0° 06' 23.8"	7.33 mi	north	948.93 mi
24 hours	13° 04' 19.5"	858.82 mi	east	3° 00' 09.6"	206.50 mi	north	890.09 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 5:06 PM	611 km	379 miles	330 nm	WNW
Brisbane	Sun 5:06 PM	1034 km	642 miles	558 nm	S
Port Moresby	Sun 5:06 PM	1074 km	667 miles	580 nm	NNW
Honiara	Sun 6:06 PM	1348 km	838 miles	728 nm	NE
Sydney *	Sun 6:06 PM	1729 km	1074 miles	933 nm	S
Port Vila	Sun 6:06 PM	1797 km	1116 miles	970 nm	E
Canberra *	Sun 6:06 PM	1899 km	1180 miles	1025 nm	S
Alice Springs	Sun 4:36 PM	1914 km	1189 miles	1033 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Sun 4:06 PM	2092 km	1300 miles	1129 nm	NW
Adelaide *	Sun 5:36 PM	2237 km	1390 miles	1208 nm	SSW