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 Friday, November 16, 2012 at 03:56:00 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: 8%

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 Friday, November 16, 2012 at 03:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 44'	South
Longitude:	150° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.87 meters/second, 1497.1 km/hour, 930.3 miles/hour or 808.4 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' 22.3"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 27.5"	930.05 mi	west	0° 01' 56.2"	2.22 mi	north	930.15 mi
24 hours	14° 43' 43.6"	952.97 mi	east	1° 26' 36.5"	99.30 mi	north	962.53 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
Mackay	Fri 1:56 PM	161 km	100 miles	87 nm	WSW
Lindeman Island	Fri 1:56 PM	173 km	107 miles	93 nm	W
Cairns	Fri 1:56 PM	666 km	414 miles	360 nm	NW
Brisbane	Fri 1:56 PM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Fri 1:56 PM	1303 km	810 miles	703 nm	NNW
Sydney *	Fri 2:56 PM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	S
Honiara	Fri 2:56 PM	1599 km	993 miles	863 nm	NE
Canberra *	Fri 2:56 PM	1620 km	1006 miles	874 nm	S
Alice Springs	Fri 1:26 PM	1762 km	1095 miles	952 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Fri 2:56 PM	1884 km	1171 miles	1017 nm	E