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 06:44:00 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 06:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 02'	South
Longitude:	125° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.24 meters/second, 1516.5 km/hour, 942.3 miles/hour or 818.8 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"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 20.6"	942.11 mi	west	0° 05' 40.3"	6.50 mi	north	942.40 mi
24 hours	13° 50' 21.8"	905.09 mi	east	2° 47' 11.6"	191.65 mi	north	932.20 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
Darwin	Sat 4:14 PM	954 km	593 miles	515 nm	NE
Kupang	Sat 2:44 PM	995 km	618 miles	537 nm	N
Alice Springs	Sat 4:14 PM	1048 km	651 miles	566 nm	ESE
Dili	Sat 3:44 PM	1161 km	721 miles	627 nm	N
Eucla	Sat 3:29 PM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	SSE
Denpasar	Sat 2:44 PM	1563 km	971 miles	844 nm	NW
Makassar	Sat 2:44 PM	1655 km	1029 miles	894 nm	NNW
Perth	Sat 2:44 PM	1703 km	1058 miles	920 nm	SSW
Malang	Sat 1:44 PM	1808 km	1123 miles	976 nm	NW
Surabaya	Sat 1:44 PM	1864 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	NW