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 08:16:00 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: 37%

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 08:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 20'	South
Longitude:	129° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.57 meters/second, 1575.2 km/hour, 978.8 miles/hour or 850.6 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"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 58.2"	978.74 mi	west	0° 10' 03.3"	11.52 mi	north	979.12 mi
24 hours	12° 02' 13.5"	813.49 mi	east	4° 13' 41.1"	290.62 mi	north	869.30 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 5:46 PM	132 km	82 miles	71 nm	E
Dili	Mon 5:16 PM	608 km	377 miles	328 nm	NW
Kupang	Mon 4:16 PM	703 km	437 miles	380 nm	WNW
Ende	Mon 4:16 PM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	WNW
Ambon	Mon 5:16 PM	969 km	602 miles	523 nm	N
Kendari	Mon 4:16 PM	1212 km	753 miles	654 nm	NW
Alice Springs	Mon 5:46 PM	1335 km	829 miles	721 nm	SSE
Manokwari	Mon 5:16 PM	1360 km	845 miles	734 nm	NNE
Makassar	Mon 4:16 PM	1377 km	856 miles	744 nm	NW
Gorontalo	Mon 4:16 PM	1598 km	993 miles	863 nm	NNW