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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 06:46:00 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: 36%

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 Monday, November 19, 2012 at 06:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 35'	South
Longitude:	151° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.08 meters/second, 1573.5 km/hour, 977.7 miles/hour or 849.6 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' 28.8"	16.30 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	north	16.30 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 50.2"	977.65 mi	west	0° 09' 58.3"	11.43 mi	north	978.03 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 04.4"	815.91 mi	east	4° 12' 11.9"	288.92 mi	north	871.13 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 Moresby	Mon 4:46 PM	572 km	356 miles	309 nm	NW
Cairns	Mon 4:46 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	SW
Lae	Mon 4:46 PM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	NW
Arawa	Mon 4:46 PM	842 km	523 miles	455 nm	NNE
Honiara	Mon 5:46 PM	1003 km	623 miles	541 nm	ENE
Jayapura	Mon 3:46 PM	1616 km	1004 miles	873 nm	NW
Brisbane	Mon 4:46 PM	1657 km	1029 miles	894 nm	S
Port Vila	Mon 5:46 PM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	ESE
Yaren	Mon 6:46 PM	2175 km	1351 miles	1174 nm	NE
Alice Springs	Mon 4:16 PM	2218 km	1378 miles	1198 nm	SW