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 04:24:00 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 04:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 15'	South
Longitude:	158° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.60 meters/second, 1514.2 km/hour, 940.9 miles/hour or 817.6 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' 08.7"	940.68 mi	west	0° 05' 22.8"	6.17 mi	north	940.95 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 33.7"	909.58 mi	east	2° 41' 05.3"	184.66 mi	north	935.07 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 3:24 PM	875 km	544 miles	473 nm	ESE
Luganville	Sat 3:24 PM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	ENE
Port Vila	Sat 3:24 PM	1031 km	641 miles	557 nm	E
Brisbane	Sat 2:24 PM	1078 km	670 miles	582 nm	SSW
Honiara	Sat 3:24 PM	1095 km	680 miles	591 nm	N
Cairns	Sat 2:24 PM	1389 km	863 miles	750 nm	W
Port Moresby	Sat 2:24 PM	1645 km	1022 miles	888 nm	NW
Sydney *	Sat 3:24 PM	1781 km	1107 miles	962 nm	SSW
Canberra *	Sat 3:24 PM	2010 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sat 5:24 PM	2086 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	E