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 06:24:00 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: 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 06:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 04'	South
Longitude:	129° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.14 meters/second, 1516.1 km/hour, 942.1 miles/hour or 818.6 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' 24.3"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 18.9"	941.90 mi	west	0° 05' 37.8"	6.45 mi	north	942.19 mi
24 hours	13° 51' 06.6"	905.73 mi	east	2° 46' 20.1"	190.66 mi	north	932.61 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	Sat 3:54 PM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	SE
Darwin	Sat 3:54 PM	738 km	459 miles	398 nm	N
Dili	Sat 3:24 PM	1252 km	778 miles	676 nm	NNW
Eucla	Sat 3:09 PM	1401 km	870 miles	756 nm	S
Cairns	Sat 4:24 PM	1700 km	1057 miles	918 nm	E
Makassar	Sat 2:24 PM	1914 km	1189 miles	1033 nm	NW
Denpasar	Sat 2:24 PM	1954 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	NW
Adelaide *	Sat 4:54 PM	1958 km	1217 miles	1057 nm	SSE
Perth	Sat 2:24 PM	2002 km	1244 miles	1081 nm	SW
Manokwari	Sat 3:24 PM	2064 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	NNE