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 02:46:00 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 02:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 05'	South
Longitude:	137° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.26 meters/second, 1512.9 km/hour, 940.1 miles/hour or 816.9 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' 22.6"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 05.8"	0.11 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 33.1"	939.84 mi	west	0° 05' 42.3"	6.54 mi	south	939.59 mi
24 hours	15° 08' 51.3"	990.26 mi	east	1° 35' 33.8"	109.57 mi	south	991.43 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
Alice Springs	Wed 12:16 PM	611 km	379 miles	330 nm	SSW
Cairns	Wed 12:46 PM	949 km	590 miles	513 nm	ENE
Darwin	Wed 12:16 PM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	NW
Port Moresby	Wed 12:46 PM	1523 km	946 miles	822 nm	NE
Eucla	Wed 11:31 AM	1619 km	1006 miles	874 nm	SSW
Dili	Wed 11:46 AM	1704 km	1059 miles	920 nm	NW
Adelaide *	Wed 1:16 PM	1762 km	1095 miles	951 nm	S
Brisbane	Wed 12:46 PM	1872 km	1163 miles	1011 nm	ESE
Jayapura	Wed 11:46 AM	1873 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	NNE
Manokwari	Wed 11:46 AM	2043 km	1269 miles	1103 nm	N