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 Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 11:06:00 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: 96%

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 Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 11:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 22'	North
Longitude:	171° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.12 meters/second, 1490.8 km/hour, 926.4 miles/hour or 805.0 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' 28.4"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	south	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 28.6"	926.06 mi	west	0° 01' 38.0"	1.87 mi	south	926.16 mi
24 hours	347° 20' 58.4"	809.43 mi	west	1° 12' 12.0"	82.80 mi	south	817.06 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
Wake Island	Sat 11:06 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	SW
Midway	Sat 12:06 AM	1326 km	824 miles	716 nm	ENE
Majuro	Sat 11:06 PM	1684 km	1046 miles	909 nm	S
Palikir	Sat 10:06 PM	2204 km	1369 miles	1190 nm	SW
Tarawa	Sat 11:06 PM	2326 km	1446 miles	1256 nm	S
Yaren	Sat 11:06 PM	2574 km	1599 miles	1390 nm	S
Baker Island	Fri 11:06 PM	2797 km	1738 miles	1510 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 9:06 PM	2957 km	1837 miles	1597 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Sat 1:06 AM	3203 km	1990 miles	1730 nm	E
Tokyo	Sat 8:06 PM	3379 km	2100 miles	1825 nm	WNW