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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- 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 25%
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|
|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.
|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|
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