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 Friday, January 6, 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: 91%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 6, 2012 at 08:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 22'	North
Longitude:	160° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.48 meters/second, 1492.1 km/hour, 927.2 miles/hour or 805.7 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' 29.1"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 13.2"	926.86 mi	west	0° 01' 29.1"	1.70 mi	north	926.78 mi
24 hours	12° 27' 35.2"	797.24 mi	east	0° 04' 00.1"	4.59 mi	north	797.06 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
Lihue	Thu 10:16 PM	108 km	67 miles	58 nm	ESE
Honolulu	Thu 10:16 PM	280 km	174 miles	151 nm	ESE
Wailuku	Thu 10:16 PM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	ESE
Hilo	Thu 10:16 PM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	ESE
Midway	Thu 9:16 PM	1833 km	1139 miles	990 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Fri 10:16 PM	2291 km	1423 miles	1237 nm	S
Baker Island	Thu 8:16 PM	3014 km	1873 miles	1627 nm	SW
Wake Island	Fri 8:16 PM	3448 km	2143 miles	1862 nm	W
Majuro	Fri 8:16 PM	3487 km	2166 miles	1883 nm	WSW
Unalaska	Thu 11:16 PM	3536 km	2197 miles	1910 nm	N