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 Monday, November 12, 2012 at 00:36:00 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: 5%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, November 12, 2012 at 00:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 46'	South
Longitude:	139° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.25 meters/second, 1574.1 km/hour, 978.1 miles/hour or 849.9 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"	16.30 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.30 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 24.2"	977.92 mi	west	0° 11' 01.8"	12.64 mi	south	977.68 mi
24 hours	13° 50' 08.0"	936.99 mi	east	4° 03' 11.8"	278.67 mi	south	970.17 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
Port Moresby	Mon 10:36 AM	847 km	526 miles	457 nm	ENE
Cairns	Mon 10:36 AM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	SE
Lae	Mon 10:36 AM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	NE
Darwin	Mon 10:06 AM	979 km	609 miles	529 nm	W
Jayapura	Mon 9:36 AM	1026 km	637 miles	554 nm	N
Manokwari	Mon 9:36 AM	1363 km	847 miles	736 nm	NNW
Alice Springs	Mon 10:06 AM	1463 km	909 miles	790 nm	SSW
Dili	Mon 9:36 AM	1600 km	994 miles	864 nm	WNW
Melekeok	Mon 9:36 AM	2207 km	1371 miles	1192 nm	NNW
Manado	Mon 8:36 AM	2212 km	1375 miles	1195 nm	NW