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 17:36:00 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 17:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 16'	North
Longitude:	155° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.26 meters/second, 1505.7 km/hour, 935.6 miles/hour or 813.0 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' 30.4"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 31.2"	935.34 mi	west	0° 01' 35.5"	1.83 mi	north	935.26 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 17.5"	766.50 mi	east	0° 10' 13.0"	11.72 mi	north	766.14 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
Wailuku	Sat 7:36 AM	86 km	54 miles	47 nm	WSW
Napili-Honokowai	Sat 7:36 AM	99 km	61 miles	53 nm	WSW
Kailua-Kona	Sat 7:36 AM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	S
Hilo	Sat 7:36 AM	189 km	117 miles	102 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Sat 7:36 AM	215 km	134 miles	116 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 7:36 AM	2153 km	1338 miles	1163 nm	S
Midway	Sat 6:36 AM	2311 km	1436 miles	1248 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Sat 5:36 AM	3240 km	2013 miles	1749 nm	SW
San Francisco *	Sat 10:36 AM	3685 km	2290 miles	1990 nm	NE
Unalaska *	Sat 9:36 AM	3733 km	2320 miles	2016 nm	NNW