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 Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 18:28:00 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: 57%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:08 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 18:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 40'	South
Longitude:	162° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.11 meters/second, 1584.4 km/hour, 984.5 miles/hour or 855.5 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' 28.8"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 45.3"	984.34 mi	west	0° 11' 57.8"	13.71 mi	south	984.11 mi
24 hours	12° 45' 12.7"	867.04 mi	east	4° 28' 14.9"	307.36 mi	south	913.06 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
Honiara	Mon 5:28 AM	271 km	169 miles	146 nm	WNW
Arawa	Mon 4:28 AM	870 km	541 miles	470 nm	NW
Port Vila	Mon 5:28 AM	1031 km	640 miles	557 nm	SE
Yaren	Mon 6:28 AM	1241 km	771 miles	670 nm	NNE
Noumea	Mon 5:28 AM	1366 km	849 miles	737 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Mon 4:28 AM	1639 km	1019 miles	885 nm	W
Tarawa	Mon 6:28 AM	1801 km	1119 miles	972 nm	NE
Funafuti	Mon 6:28 AM	1894 km	1177 miles	1023 nm	E
Cairns	Mon 4:28 AM	1894 km	1177 miles	1023 nm	WSW
Suva *	Mon 7:28 AM	1944 km	1208 miles	1050 nm	ESE