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, February 3, 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: 79%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:10 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 3, 2012 at 09:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 24'	North
Longitude:	166° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.28 meters/second, 1491.4 km/hour, 926.7 miles/hour or 805.3 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' 28.9"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 00.3"	926.40 mi	west	0° 00' 17.6"	0.34 mi	south	926.42 mi
24 hours	12° 30' 34.7"	800.24 mi	east	0° 39' 14.5"	45.01 mi	south	803.36 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	Fri 9:16 PM	350 km	217 miles	189 nm	S
Majuro	Fri 9:16 PM	1775 km	1103 miles	958 nm	SSE
Midway	Thu 10:16 PM	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	ENE
Palikir	Fri 8:16 PM	1912 km	1188 miles	1032 nm	SSW
Tarawa	Fri 9:16 PM	2439 km	1516 miles	1317 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 7:16 PM	2461 km	1529 miles	1329 nm	WSW
Yaren	Fri 9:16 PM	2539 km	1577 miles	1371 nm	S
Tokyo	Fri 6:16 PM	2947 km	1831 miles	1591 nm	NW
Baker Island	Thu 9:16 PM	3100 km	1926 miles	1674 nm	SE
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Fri 8:16 PM	3436 km	2135 miles	1855 nm	NNW