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, August 3, 2012 at 13:58:00 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: 97%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 3:28 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, August 3, 2012 at 13:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 45'	South
Longitude:	167° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.71 meters/second, 1604.6 km/hour, 997.0 miles/hour or 866.4 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' 30.7"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.22 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 46.9"	997.01 mi	west	0° 11' 47.6"	13.51 mi	north	997.30 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 21.6"	785.86 mi	east	4° 46' 15.5"	327.85 mi	north	854.23 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
Yaren	Sat 1:58 AM	697 km	433 miles	376 nm	N
Honiara	Sat 12:58 AM	933 km	580 miles	504 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Sat 1:58 AM	1061 km	659 miles	573 nm	NNE
Port Vila	Sat 12:58 AM	1216 km	756 miles	657 nm	S
Funafuti	Sat 1:58 AM	1255 km	780 miles	678 nm	E
Majuro	Sat 1:58 AM	1578 km	980 miles	852 nm	NNE
Suva	Sat 1:58 AM	1695 km	1053 miles	915 nm	SE
Palikir	Sat 12:58 AM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	NW
Baker Island	Fri 1:58 AM	1889 km	1174 miles	1020 nm	ENE
Fakaofo	Sat 2:58 AM	2309 km	1435 miles	1247 nm	E