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 05:20:00 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 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||16° 26' ||South|
|Longitude: ||159° 08' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.40 meters/second, 1542.3 km/hour, 958.3 miles/hour or 832.7 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' 27.2"||958.18 mi||west||0° 08' 06.3"||9.29 mi||north||958.56 mi|
|24 hours||12° 58' 45.2"||861.23 mi||east||3° 36' 39.6"||248.28 mi||north||903.41 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Honiara||Sun 4:20 PM||780 km||485 miles||421 nm|| N|
|Luganville||Sun 4:20 PM||867 km||539 miles||468 nm|| E|
|Port Vila||Sun 4:20 PM||988 km||614 miles||534 nm|| E|
|Noumea||Sun 4:20 PM||1004 km||624 miles||542 nm|| SE|
|Brisbane||Sun 3:20 PM||1374 km||854 miles||742 nm|| SSW|
|Cairns||Sun 3:20 PM||1425 km||885 miles||769 nm|| W|
|Port Moresby||Sun 3:20 PM||1508 km||937 miles||814 nm|| WNW|
|Yaren||Sun 5:20 PM||1956 km||1215 miles||1056 nm|| NNE|
|Suva *||Sun 6:20 PM||2059 km||1280 miles||1112 nm|| E|
|Sydney *||Sun 4:20 PM||2087 km||1297 miles||1127 nm|| SSW|
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