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, August 11, 2012 at 16:36:00 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: 32%

Previous 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 Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 16:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 15'	North
Longitude:	141° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.35 meters/second, 1506.1 km/hour, 935.8 miles/hour or 813.2 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' 30.6"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 32.6"	935.55 mi	west	0° 01' 41.5"	1.94 mi	north	935.46 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 49.1"	766.13 mi	east	0° 12' 39.9"	14.52 mi	north	765.72 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
Honolulu	Sat 6:36 AM	1720 km	1069 miles	929 nm	W
San Francisco *	Sat 9:36 AM	2576 km	1601 miles	1391 nm	NE
San Jose *	Sat 9:36 AM	2584 km	1605 miles	1395 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sat 9:36 AM	2668 km	1658 miles	1441 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Sun 6:36 AM	2762 km	1717 miles	1492 nm	SW
Las Vegas *	Sat 9:36 AM	3023 km	1878 miles	1632 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sat 9:36 AM	3166 km	1967 miles	1709 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sat 9:36 AM	3175 km	1973 miles	1714 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Sat 9:36 AM	3383 km	2102 miles	1827 nm	NNE
Vancouver *	Sat 9:36 AM	3501 km	2176 miles	1891 nm	NNE