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 Thursday, November 15, 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 02:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	South
Longitude:	152° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.73 meters/second, 1496.6 km/hour, 930.0 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 21.8"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 52.1"	929.71 mi	west	0° 02' 02.3"	2.34 mi	south	929.61 mi
24 hours	15° 11' 25.2"	983.12 mi	east	0° 04' 58.1"	5.70 mi	south	982.87 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
Brisbane	Thu 12:46 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	S
Cairns	Thu 12:46 PM	799 km	497 miles	431 nm	WNW
Port Moresby	Thu 12:46 PM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	NNW
Sydney *	Thu 1:46 PM	1464 km	910 miles	791 nm	S
Honiara	Thu 1:46 PM	1495 km	929 miles	807 nm	NE
Canberra *	Thu 1:46 PM	1646 km	1023 miles	889 nm	S
Port Vila	Thu 1:46 PM	1720 km	1069 miles	929 nm	E
Alice Springs	Thu 12:16 PM	1923 km	1195 miles	1039 nm	WSW
Melbourne *	Thu 1:46 PM	2025 km	1258 miles	1093 nm	SSW
Adelaide *	Thu 1:16 PM	2070 km	1286 miles	1118 nm	SW