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 Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 18:54:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 3:28 AM
This phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 18:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 17'	North
Longitude:	162° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.81 meters/second, 1536.5 km/hour, 954.7 miles/hour or 829.7 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' 31.8"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 51.1"	954.52 mi	west	0° 05' 52.4"	6.73 mi	north	954.27 mi
24 hours	11° 23' 48.3"	748.72 mi	east	1° 57' 17.1"	134.46 mi	north	756.40 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
Wake Island	Fri 6:54 AM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	ENE
Palikir	Fri 5:54 AM	1334 km	829 miles	720 nm	SSW
Majuro	Fri 6:54 AM	1565 km	973 miles	845 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 4:54 AM	1951 km	1212 miles	1053 nm	WSW
Yaren	Fri 6:54 AM	2142 km	1331 miles	1156 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Fri 6:54 AM	2202 km	1368 miles	1189 nm	SSE
Midway	Thu 7:54 AM	2349 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	ENE
Tokyo	Fri 3:54 AM	2944 km	1830 miles	1590 nm	NW
Baker Island	Thu 6:54 AM	3065 km	1905 miles	1655 nm	SE
Honiara	Fri 5:54 AM	3076 km	1911 miles	1661 nm	S