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 Saturday, November 17, 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: 15%

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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 03:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 17'	South
Longitude:	165° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.48 meters/second, 1513.7 km/hour, 940.6 miles/hour or 817.3 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' 24.1"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 06.3"	940.40 mi	west	0° 05' 19.1"	6.10 mi	north	940.67 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 35.7"	910.48 mi	east	2° 39' 50.7"	183.23 mi	north	935.64 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
Noumea	Sat 2:56 PM	347 km	216 miles	188 nm	SSE
Port Vila	Sat 2:56 PM	353 km	219 miles	191 nm	ENE
Honiara	Sat 2:56 PM	1238 km	769 miles	669 nm	NNW
Suva *	Sat 4:56 PM	1380 km	857 miles	745 nm	E
Brisbane	Sat 1:56 PM	1554 km	966 miles	839 nm	SW
Funafuti	Sat 3:56 PM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	NE
Nukualofa	Sat 4:56 PM	2037 km	1265 miles	1100 nm	E
Yaren	Sat 3:56 PM	2081 km	1293 miles	1124 nm	N
Cairns	Sat 1:56 PM	2092 km	1300 miles	1130 nm	W
Sydney *	Sat 2:56 PM	2141 km	1331 miles	1156 nm	SW