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 18:02:00 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 18:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 00'	South
Longitude:	140° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.01 meters/second, 1501.2 km/hour, 932.8 miles/hour or 810.6 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"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 23.6"	932.58 mi	west	0° 04' 35.2"	5.26 mi	north	932.83 mi
24 hours	13° 09' 37.6"	850.00 mi	east	2° 22' 17.4"	163.14 mi	north	871.87 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
Gambier Islands	Fri 9:02 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	ESE
Papeete	Fri 8:02 AM	1074 km	667 miles	580 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Fri 10:02 AM	1111 km	691 miles	600 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Fri 8:02 AM	2051 km	1274 miles	1107 nm	W
Alofi	Fri 7:02 AM	3131 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 8:02 AM	3156 km	1961 miles	1704 nm	NW
Easter Island *	Fri 1:02 PM	3185 km	1979 miles	1720 nm	ESE
Apia *	Sat 8:02 AM	3459 km	2149 miles	1867 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 7:02 AM	3583 km	2227 miles	1935 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 7:02 AM	3648 km	2267 miles	1970 nm	W