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 05:20:00 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 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	South
Longitude:	130° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.03 meters/second, 1497.7 km/hour, 930.6 miles/hour or 808.7 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' 22.5"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 31.8"	930.41 mi	west	0° 02' 08.9"	2.46 mi	north	930.52 mi
24 hours	14° 41' 25.0"	950.76 mi	east	1° 31' 20.3"	104.72 mi	north	961.13 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	Fri 2:50 PM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	SE
Darwin	Fri 2:50 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	N
Eucla	Fri 2:05 PM	1229 km	764 miles	664 nm	S
Dili	Fri 2:20 PM	1444 km	898 miles	780 nm	NNW
Cairns	Fri 3:20 PM	1658 km	1030 miles	895 nm	ENE
Adelaide *	Fri 3:50 PM	1765 km	1097 miles	953 nm	SSE
Perth	Fri 1:20 PM	1922 km	1194 miles	1038 nm	SW
Makassar	Fri 1:20 PM	2099 km	1304 miles	1134 nm	NW
Denpasar	Fri 1:20 PM	2116 km	1315 miles	1142 nm	NW
Port Moresby	Fri 3:20 PM	2175 km	1352 miles	1175 nm	ENE