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 03:36:00 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: 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 03:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 43'	South
Longitude:	140° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.65 meters/second, 1496.3 km/hour, 929.8 miles/hour or 808.0 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' 21.8"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 52.0"	929.53 mi	west	0° 01' 54.3"	2.18 mi	south	929.44 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 58.7"	982.46 mi	east	0° 01' 48.2"	2.07 mi	south	982.37 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	Thu 1:36 PM	715 km	444 miles	386 nm	NE
Alice Springs	Thu 1:06 PM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	WSW
Darwin	Thu 1:06 PM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	NW
Port Moresby	Thu 1:36 PM	1450 km	901 miles	783 nm	NNE
Brisbane	Thu 1:36 PM	1495 km	929 miles	807 nm	ESE
Adelaide *	Thu 2:06 PM	1585 km	985 miles	856 nm	S
Eucla	Thu 12:21 PM	1663 km	1033 miles	898 nm	SW
Sydney *	Thu 2:36 PM	1812 km	1126 miles	979 nm	SE
Canberra *	Thu 2:36 PM	1832 km	1139 miles	989 nm	SSE
Melbourne *	Thu 2:36 PM	1949 km	1211 miles	1052 nm	SSE