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 08:06:00 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: 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 08:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 22'	South
Longitude:	132° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.51 meters/second, 1575.0 km/hour, 978.7 miles/hour or 850.5 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' 28.8"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 57.2"	978.62 mi	west	0° 10' 02.8"	11.51 mi	north	979.00 mi
24 hours	12° 02' 32.4"	813.76 mi	east	4° 13' 31.5"	290.43 mi	north	869.50 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
Darwin	Mon 5:36 PM	131 km	82 miles	71 nm	W
Same	Mon 5:06 PM	792 km	492 miles	428 nm	WNW
Suai	Mon 5:06 PM	816 km	507 miles	440 nm	WNW
Dili	Mon 5:06 PM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	WNW
Kupang	Mon 4:06 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	WNW
Alice Springs	Mon 5:36 PM	1269 km	788 miles	685 nm	S
Manokwari	Mon 5:06 PM	1291 km	802 miles	697 nm	N
Kendari	Mon 4:06 PM	1400 km	870 miles	756 nm	NW
Jayapura	Mon 5:06 PM	1447 km	899 miles	781 nm	NE
Cairns	Mon 6:06 PM	1562 km	971 miles	843 nm	ESE