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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 01:26:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 01:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 57'	South
Longitude:	141° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.43 meters/second, 1542.4 km/hour, 958.4 miles/hour or 832.8 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' 24.3"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 16.9"	958.15 mi	west	0° 08' 53.8"	10.20 mi	south	957.85 mi
24 hours	14° 37' 37.4"	972.93 mi	east	3° 00' 41.6"	207.12 mi	south	987.13 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	Tue 11:26 AM	454 km	282 miles	245 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Tue 11:26 AM	937 km	582 miles	506 nm	NE
Alice Springs	Tue 10:56 AM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	SW
Darwin	Tue 10:56 AM	1228 km	763 miles	663 nm	WNW
Jayapura	Tue 10:26 AM	1487 km	924 miles	803 nm	N
Brisbane	Tue 11:26 AM	1734 km	1077 miles	936 nm	SE
Manokwari	Tue 10:26 AM	1864 km	1158 miles	1007 nm	NNW
Dili	Tue 10:26 AM	1928 km	1198 miles	1041 nm	WNW
Honiara	Tue 12:26 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	ENE
Adelaide *	Tue 11:56 AM	2125 km	1320 miles	1147 nm	S