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 07:06:00 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 07:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 00'	South
Longitude:	119° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.34 meters/second, 1516.8 km/hour, 942.5 miles/hour or 819.0 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' 24.3"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 05.6"	0.11 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 22.5"	942.34 mi	west	0° 05' 43.0"	6.55 mi	north	942.63 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 32.4"	904.38 mi	east	2° 48' 08.2"	192.73 mi	north	931.74 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
Port Hedland	Sat 3:06 PM	193 km	120 miles	104 nm	SW
Denpasar	Sat 3:06 PM	1245 km	773 miles	672 nm	NNW
Dili	Sat 4:06 PM	1314 km	816 miles	709 nm	NNE
Darwin	Sat 4:36 PM	1387 km	862 miles	749 nm	ENE
Malang	Sat 2:06 PM	1437 km	893 miles	776 nm	NNW
Perth	Sat 3:06 PM	1488 km	925 miles	804 nm	SSW
Surabaya	Sat 2:06 PM	1506 km	935 miles	813 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sat 3:06 PM	1534 km	953 miles	828 nm	N
Alice Springs	Sat 4:36 PM	1549 km	963 miles	837 nm	ESE
Eucla	Sat 3:51 PM	1675 km	1041 miles	904 nm	SSE