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 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 02:36:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 02:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 04'	South
Longitude:	139° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.30 meters/second, 1513.1 km/hour, 940.2 miles/hour or 817.0 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' 22.6"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 05.8"	0.11 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 33.8"	939.94 mi	west	0° 05' 43.7"	6.57 mi	south	939.69 mi
24 hours	15° 08' 44.1"	990.22 mi	east	1° 36' 10.3"	110.27 mi	south	991.45 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	Wed 12:36 PM	706 km	439 miles	381 nm	ENE
Alice Springs	Wed 12:06 PM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	SW
Darwin	Wed 12:06 PM	1181 km	734 miles	638 nm	NW
Port Moresby	Wed 12:36 PM	1349 km	838 miles	728 nm	NE
Brisbane	Wed 12:36 PM	1665 km	1035 miles	899 nm	SE
Eucla	Wed 11:21 AM	1755 km	1091 miles	948 nm	SW
Adelaide *	Wed 1:06 PM	1759 km	1093 miles	950 nm	S
Jayapura	Wed 11:36 AM	1834 km	1140 miles	990 nm	N
Dili	Wed 11:36 AM	1900 km	1181 miles	1026 nm	NW
Sydney *	Wed 1:36 PM	2009 km	1248 miles	1085 nm	SSE