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 17, 2012 at 17:02:00 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: 19%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:35 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 17, 2012 at 17:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 05'	South
Longitude:	125° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.77 meters/second, 1500.4 km/hour, 932.3 miles/hour or 810.1 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' 26.3"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 20.2"	932.06 mi	west	0° 04' 27.8"	5.12 mi	north	932.30 mi
24 hours	13° 11' 08.6"	851.21 mi	east	2° 19' 34.1"	160.02 mi	north	872.40 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	Fri 9:02 AM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	SW
Gambier Islands	Fri 8:02 AM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Fri 12:02 PM	1779 km	1106 miles	961 nm	ESE
Papeete	Fri 7:02 AM	2548 km	1583 miles	1376 nm	W
Rarotonga	Fri 7:02 AM	3544 km	2202 miles	1914 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 7:02 AM	4290 km	2666 miles	2316 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 6:02 AM	4628 km	2876 miles	2499 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 7:02 AM	4954 km	3079 miles	2675 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sat 6:02 AM	5133 km	3189 miles	2772 nm	W
Lima	Fri 12:02 PM	5257 km	3266 miles	2838 nm	E