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 Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 19:22:00 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: 11%

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 Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 19:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 28'	South
Longitude:	146° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.44 meters/second, 1528.0 km/hour, 949.4 miles/hour or 825.0 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' 27.9"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 00.7"	949.25 mi	west	0° 07' 25.2"	8.51 mi	north	949.63 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 14.5"	818.33 mi	east	3° 22' 55.8"	232.59 mi	north	858.00 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
Papeete	Sat 9:22 AM	376 km	234 miles	203 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Sat 9:22 AM	1459 km	907 miles	788 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Sat 11:22 AM	1811 km	1126 miles	978 nm	ESE
Alofi	Sat 8:22 AM	2505 km	1556 miles	1353 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 9:22 AM	2562 km	1592 miles	1383 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sun 9:22 AM	2785 km	1731 miles	1504 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 8:22 AM	2888 km	1794 miles	1559 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sun 8:22 AM	3054 km	1898 miles	1649 nm	W
Suva	Sun 7:22 AM	3739 km	2323 miles	2019 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sat 2:22 PM	3884 km	2413 miles	2097 nm	ESE