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 09:16:00 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: 92%

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 09:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 23'	North
Longitude:	174° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.39 meters/second, 1491.8 km/hour, 927.0 miles/hour or 805.5 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' 29.1"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 01.3"	0.03 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 11.0"	926.65 mi	west	0° 01' 22.4"	1.58 mi	north	926.58 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 16.9"	797.84 mi	east	0° 01' 13.1"	1.40 mi	north	797.78 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
Midway	Thu 10:16 PM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	NNW
Honolulu	Thu 11:16 PM	1755 km	1091 miles	948 nm	E
Wake Island	Fri 9:16 PM	1959 km	1217 miles	1058 nm	W
Majuro	Fri 9:16 PM	2257 km	1403 miles	1219 nm	SW
Baker Island	Thu 9:16 PM	2462 km	1530 miles	1329 nm	S
Tarawa	Fri 9:16 PM	2669 km	1659 miles	1441 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Fri 11:16 PM	2954 km	1836 miles	1595 nm	SE
Yaren	Fri 9:16 PM	3219 km	2000 miles	1738 nm	SW
Adak	Thu 11:16 PM	3275 km	2035 miles	1769 nm	N
Palikir	Fri 8:16 PM	3367 km	2092 miles	1818 nm	WSW