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 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 15:22:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 15:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 19'	North
Longitude:	140° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.51 meters/second, 1600.2 km/hour, 994.3 miles/hour or 864.1 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' 29.3"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	south	16.57 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 26.4"	994.27 mi	west	0° 12' 43.2"	14.57 mi	south	994.61 mi
24 hours	12° 12' 10.3"	837.30 mi	east	5° 15' 37.7"	361.49 mi	south	915.43 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
Melekeok	Thu 12:22 AM	619 km	384 miles	334 nm	W
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 1:22 AM	843 km	524 miles	455 nm	NE
Jayapura	Thu 12:22 AM	1090 km	677 miles	589 nm	S
Manokwari	Thu 12:22 AM	1134 km	705 miles	612 nm	SW
Davao	Wed 11:22 PM	1614 km	1003 miles	872 nm	W
Manado	Wed 11:22 PM	1824 km	1134 miles	985 nm	WSW
Palikir	Thu 2:22 AM	1982 km	1232 miles	1070 nm	E
Port Moresby	Thu 1:22 AM	2008 km	1248 miles	1084 nm	SSE
Manila	Wed 11:22 PM	2250 km	1398 miles	1215 nm	WNW
Dili	Thu 12:22 AM	2392 km	1486 miles	1291 nm	SW