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, February 12, 2012 at 12:38:00 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: 74%

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 Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 53'	South
Longitude:	130° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.98 meters/second, 1569.5 km/hour, 975.3 miles/hour or 847.5 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' 27.5"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 34.7"	975.09 mi	west	0° 11' 14.4"	12.88 mi	south	974.81 mi
24 hours	13° 10' 58.7"	889.02 mi	east	4° 04' 58.6"	280.74 mi	south	924.65 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
Adamstown	Sun 4:38 AM	1349 km	838 miles	728 nm	S
Papeete	Sun 2:38 AM	2106 km	1309 miles	1137 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sun 7:38 AM	2712 km	1685 miles	1464 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sun 2:38 AM	3240 km	2013 miles	1749 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 2:38 AM	3380 km	2100 miles	1825 nm	WNW
Alofi	Sun 1:38 AM	4261 km	2648 miles	2301 nm	WSW
Apia *	Mon 2:38 AM	4462 km	2772 miles	2409 nm	W
Honolulu	Sun 2:38 AM	4819 km	2995 miles	2602 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Mon 1:38 AM	4826 km	2999 miles	2606 nm	WSW
Mexico City	Sun 6:38 AM	4963 km	3084 miles	2680 nm	NE