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 05:24:00 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: 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 05:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 26'	South
Longitude:	158° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.43 meters/second, 1542.3 km/hour, 958.4 miles/hour or 832.8 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' 26.3"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	north	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 27.7"	958.23 mi	west	0° 08' 06.5"	9.30 mi	north	958.61 mi
24 hours	12° 58' 36.0"	861.10 mi	east	3° 36' 46.9"	248.42 mi	north	903.32 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 4:24 PM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	NNE
Noumea	Sun 4:24 PM	1084 km	673 miles	585 nm	SE
Port Vila	Sun 4:24 PM	1090 km	677 miles	589 nm	E
Cairns	Sun 3:24 PM	1322 km	822 miles	714 nm	W
Brisbane	Sun 3:24 PM	1332 km	828 miles	719 nm	SSW
Port Moresby	Sun 3:24 PM	1419 km	881 miles	766 nm	WNW
Yaren	Sun 5:24 PM	2003 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	NNE
Sydney *	Sun 4:24 PM	2053 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sun 6:24 PM	2161 km	1343 miles	1167 nm	E
Canberra *	Sun 4:24 PM	2274 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	SSW