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 05:14:00 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: 16%

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 05:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 10'	South
Longitude:	146° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.82 meters/second, 1515.0 km/hour, 941.4 miles/hour or 818.0 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"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 12.9"	941.18 mi	west	0° 05' 29.0"	6.29 mi	north	941.46 mi
24 hours	13° 53' 42.7"	907.98 mi	east	2° 43' 17.4"	187.18 mi	north	934.05 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
Townsville	Sat 3:14 PM	14 km	9 miles	8 nm	ESE
Cairns	Sat 3:14 PM	267 km	166 miles	144 nm	NNW
Port Moresby	Sat 3:14 PM	1077 km	669 miles	582 nm	N
Brisbane	Sat 3:14 PM	1125 km	699 miles	607 nm	SE
Alice Springs	Sat 2:44 PM	1419 km	881 miles	766 nm	WSW
Sydney *	Sat 4:14 PM	1689 km	1049 miles	912 nm	SSE
Honiara	Sat 4:14 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	NE
Canberra *	Sat 4:14 PM	1801 km	1119 miles	973 nm	S
Darwin	Sat 2:44 PM	1850 km	1150 miles	999 nm	WNW
Adelaide *	Sat 3:44 PM	1919 km	1193 miles	1036 nm	SSW