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 Monday, February 13, 2012 at 15:44:00 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: 62%

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 Monday, February 13, 2012 at 15:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 26'	South
Longitude:	162° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.14 meters/second, 1534.1 km/hour, 953.3 miles/hour or 828.4 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' 26.3"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 19.0"	953.01 mi	west	0° 08' 37.4"	9.88 mi	south	952.69 mi
24 hours	13° 39' 43.5"	901.78 mi	east	2° 53' 57.9"	199.44 mi	south	916.19 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
Rarotonga	Mon 5:44 AM	488 km	303 miles	264 nm	SSE
Alofi	Mon 4:44 AM	843 km	524 miles	455 nm	WSW
Pago Pago	Mon 4:44 AM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	WNW
Apia *	Tue 5:44 AM	1108 km	688 miles	598 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Tue 4:44 AM	1329 km	826 miles	718 nm	NW
Papeete	Mon 5:44 AM	1334 km	829 miles	720 nm	E
Nukualofa	Tue 4:44 AM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	WSW
Suva	Tue 3:44 AM	2063 km	1282 miles	1114 nm	W
Kiritimati	Tue 5:44 AM	2198 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Tue 3:44 AM	2249 km	1398 miles	1214 nm	WNW