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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 05:20:00 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: 25%

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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 26'	South
Longitude:	159° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.40 meters/second, 1542.3 km/hour, 958.3 miles/hour or 832.7 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' 26.3"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	north	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 27.2"	958.18 mi	west	0° 08' 06.3"	9.29 mi	north	958.56 mi
24 hours	12° 58' 45.2"	861.23 mi	east	3° 36' 39.6"	248.28 mi	north	903.41 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
Honiara	Sun 4:20 PM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	N
Luganville	Sun 4:20 PM	867 km	539 miles	468 nm	E
Port Vila	Sun 4:20 PM	988 km	614 miles	534 nm	E
Noumea	Sun 4:20 PM	1004 km	624 miles	542 nm	SE
Brisbane	Sun 3:20 PM	1374 km	854 miles	742 nm	SSW
Cairns	Sun 3:20 PM	1425 km	885 miles	769 nm	W
Port Moresby	Sun 3:20 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	WNW
Yaren	Sun 5:20 PM	1956 km	1215 miles	1056 nm	NNE
Suva *	Sun 6:20 PM	2059 km	1280 miles	1112 nm	E
Sydney *	Sun 4:20 PM	2087 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	SSW