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

Latitude:	16° 18'	South
Longitude:	143° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.77 meters/second, 1543.6 km/hour, 959.1 miles/hour or 833.5 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' 26.4"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 33.4"	959.00 mi	west	0° 08' 12.1"	9.40 mi	north	959.38 mi
24 hours	12° 56' 20.8"	859.20 mi	east	3° 38' 33.8"	250.46 mi	north	902.03 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
Cairns	Sun 4:24 PM	230 km	143 miles	124 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Sun 4:24 PM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	NNE
Alice Springs	Sun 3:54 PM	1317 km	818 miles	711 nm	SW
Darwin	Sun 3:54 PM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	WNW
Jayapura	Sun 3:24 PM	1557 km	967 miles	841 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Sun 4:24 PM	1566 km	973 miles	845 nm	SE
Honiara	Sun 5:24 PM	1917 km	1191 miles	1035 nm	ENE
Manokwari	Sun 3:24 PM	2009 km	1248 miles	1085 nm	NNW
Sydney *	Sun 5:24 PM	2086 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	SSE
Adelaide *	Sun 4:54 PM	2127 km	1322 miles	1149 nm	SSW