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 04:20:00 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: 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 04:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 15'	South
Longitude:	159° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.58 meters/second, 1514.1 km/hour, 940.8 miles/hour or 817.5 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' 08.2"	940.64 mi	west	0° 05' 22.3"	6.16 mi	north	940.91 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 42.6"	909.71 mi	east	2° 40' 54.8"	184.45 mi	north	935.15 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 3:20 PM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sat 3:20 PM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	E
Honiara	Sat 3:20 PM	1087 km	676 miles	587 nm	N
Brisbane	Sat 2:20 PM	1133 km	704 miles	612 nm	SW
Cairns	Sat 2:20 PM	1489 km	925 miles	804 nm	W
Port Moresby	Sat 2:20 PM	1725 km	1072 miles	931 nm	NW
Sydney *	Sat 3:20 PM	1822 km	1132 miles	984 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sat 5:20 PM	1985 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	E
Canberra *	Sat 3:20 PM	2055 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	SSW
Yaren	Sat 4:20 PM	2218 km	1378 miles	1198 nm	NNE